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Co-founder of Netflix
"Valued as of" is the effective date of the market closes, exchange rates, and filings inside the estimate. "Sources checked" is when the pipeline last verified those sources successfully. A weekend check can confirm a Friday valuation without inventing weekend movement.
As of September 4, 2026, Reed Hastings's estimated net worth is about $1.7B(1.7 billion US dollars). That places Reed Hastings at #32 among the people Net Worth Leader currently tracks.
This is an estimate of assets minus documented liabilities. It is not a cash balance, and many holdings may be restricted, pledged, illiquid, or difficult to value.
Reed Hastings co-founded Netflix in 1997, led it from DVD rentals to global streaming, and left its board in June 2026 after 29 years. His estimate values the Netflix shares in his last insider filing at each Netflix close; because he no longer reports to the SEC, the evidence date will age until a new public document appears.
Hastings sold his first company, Pure Software, in 1997 and started Netflix the same year. He took it public in 2002, shifted it to streaming in 2007, and stepped back from the chief executive role in 2023 and the chairmanship in 2026.
The estimate moves with Netflix's share price, split-adjusted for the 10-for-1 split of November 2025. Sales or gifts after June 2026 would not be visible until another filing or proxy statement discloses them.
Reed Hastings's estimate declined mainly because Netflix, Inc. shares decreased from the prior comparable close.
A one-day estimate change is not the same as income, profit, or a realized gain or loss.
| Component | Class | Ownership | Valuation basis | Central value | Supported range | Evidence date | Price date | Sources | Freshness |
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| Netflix common stock held directlyNetflix, Inc. (NFLX, Common stock) | listed equity | direct (3,940 units) | Listed close | 308,305 US dollars | Priced value | [1] Reed Hastings, Form 4 (Netflix, Inc.), [2] Daily unadjusted closing prices, chart endpoint | current | ||
| Netflix common stock held by trustNetflix, Inc. (NFLX, Common stock) | listed equity | indirect (21,159,576 units) | Listed close | 1.7 billion US dollars | Priced value | [1] Reed Hastings, Form 4 (Netflix, Inc.), [2] Daily unadjusted closing prices, chart endpoint | current |
Liabilities without a documented value are never shown as zero; they are simply not included, and that limitation is part of source coverage below.
100.0% of this profile's modeled gross value is supported by Tier 1 or Tier 2 evidence (primary filings, official documents, licensed market data, or audited accounts). The profile carries a strong coverage label.
No meaningful range beyond the central estimate is supported for this profile, so only the central value is published. Unknown liabilities are not evidence that no liabilities exist. No personal liability is documented for this profile, so none is deducted.
The timeline runs from June 12, 2026 to September 4, 2026; the latest estimate is lower than the first point. Points before August 20, 2026 are labeled modeled reconstructions: today's reviewed ownership records applied to the closing prices of each earlier market date. Published history begins August 20, 2026 and grows one point per completed market date.
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On paper, Reed Hastings's estimated net worth is equivalent to about 127,000,000 months of Spotify Premium.
Reference value $13, effective 2026-08-20. Spotify
Uses the US Premium Individual price displayed on spotify.com on the verification date, before taxes.
On paper, Reed Hastings's estimated net worth is equivalent to about 25,300 years of median full-time US pay.
Reference value $65,416, effective 2026-06-30. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Uses the BLS median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers for the second quarter of 2026 ($1,258, seasonally adjusted) multiplied by 52 weeks, before taxes.
Split evenly across every New York City resident, the estimate works out to about $193 per person.
Cited population 8,580,000, effective 2025-07-01. U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, published by the NYC Department of City Planning
Divides the estimate evenly across the Census Bureau's July 1, 2025 estimate for New York City. Arithmetic only.
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Share counts come from his June 2, 2026 Form 4, expected to be his final insider filing. Options reported in that filing are excluded. Philanthropic commitments and private investments are not modeled.
Identity facts stored separately for this profile: citizenship United States; residence United States; ranking attribution United States. Attribution reason: Citizenship, residence, and the headquarters of the companies that drive the estimate are all in the United States.
Reviewed by Net Worth Leader editorial desk on August 20, 2026. General rules live in the methodology.
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