Reed Hastings

In June 2020, personally donated $120 million split equally among UNCF, Morehouse College, and Spelman College — the largest individual donation ever to support HBCU scholarships. In May 2025, joined Anthropic's board of directors to support responsible AI development, maintaining alignment with safety-focused and DEI-consistent institutions while Netflix upheld its own DEI commitments through 2025.

Donated $7 million to a pro-Harris super PAC in July 2024 — his largest ever single political donation. Publicly called on Biden to withdraw from the race in July 2024. In March 2025, donated $2 million to support Ukraine and $2 million to a California redistricting campaign supporting Democrats ahead of 2026 midterms.

Netflix removed Palestinian content. Platform criticized for pro-Israel content moderation. Hastings silent on employee concerns about bias in content policies.

Reed Hastings Netflix inclusion efforts. But "keeper test" culture prioritizes performance.

Reed Hastings Netflix "keeper test" culture. Laid off hundreds in 2022. High performance expectation.