Reed Hastings became executive chairman of Netflix in 2023 after 25 years as co-CEO. He co-founded Netflix in 1997. Reed is an active educational philanthropist and served on the California State Board of Education from 2000 to 2004. He is currently on the board of several educational organizations including KIPP and Pahara. Reed is also a board member of The City Fund and Bloomberg. He received a B.A. from Bowdoin College in 1983, and an M.S.C.S. in artificial intelligence from Stanford University in 1988. Between Bowdoin and Stanford, Reed served in the Peace Corps as a high school math teacher. Reed is also the majority owner of Powder Mountain ski resort in Utah following his $100 million investment in 2023.