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Netflix’s Reed Hastings Conquered Hollywood With a PowerPoint Presentation
In his upcoming memoir, ‘No Rules Rules,’ the streaming pioneer reveals how he became the unlikely king of the entertainment world.
Reed Hastings is releasing a memoir titled ‘No Rules Rules.’
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About three years ago, Reed Hastings set out to answer a question that had bedeviled Hollywood for the past decade: How did a small DVD-by-mail company build the most popular TV service in the world?
Hastings, the co-founder and chief executive officer of Netflix Inc., was never fond of revisiting his past. “There’s not a nostalgic bone in his body,” says Patty McCord, a former employee and longtime friend. But after outmaneuvering media barons, tech conglomerates and startups to build a global entertainment colossus, Hastings agreed to write a book.