翻訳と辞書 |
Reed Hastings : ウィキペディア英語版 | Reed Hastings
Wilmot Reed Hastings, Jr. (born October 8, 1960) is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the co-founder and CEO of Netflix and serves on the boards of Facebook and a number of non-profit organizations. A former member of the California State Board of Education, Hastings is an advocate for education reform through charter schools. ==Early life and education== Hastings was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Joan Amory (Loomis) and Wilmot Reed Hastings.〔http://humphrysfamilytree.com/Royal/Larson/Edw3-ReedHastings.pdf〕 His maternal great-grandfather was attorney Alfred Lee Loomis. He entered Marine Corps officer training through their Platoon Leader Class and spent the summer of 1981 in Officer Candidate School at Quantico, Virginia.〔(New York Times. "Out of Africa, Onto the Web" by Reed Hastings as told to Amy Zipkin. December 17, 2006. )〕〔 Hastings later petitioned the recruiting office and left the Marines for the Peace Corps.〔 Hastings joined the Peace Corps after graduating from Bowdoin College "out of a combination of service and adventure"〔 and went to teach high school math in Swaziland from 1983 to 1985. Hastings credits part of his entrepreneurial spirit to his time in the Peace Corps.〔(Inc.com "How I Did It: Reed Hastings, Netflix" by Patrick J. Sauer December, 2005 )〕 "Once you have hitchhiked across Africa with ten bucks in your pocket, starting a business doesn't seem too intimidating." 〔(CNN Money. "Questions for... Reed Hastings" Interview by Matthew Boyle May 23, 2007. )〕 After returning from the Peace Corps, Hastings went on to attend Stanford University: "I didn’t get into my first choice, which was MIT, but I got accepted to Stanford," he says.〔 He graduated in 1988 with a master's degree in computer science.〔(Stanford Magazine. "Home Movies" by Joan O'C Hamilton. January/February 2006. )〕
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Reed Hastings」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|