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Reed Hastings Gifts $1.1 Billion Of Netflix Stock To Silicon Valley Nonprofit


Netflix founder and executive chair Reed Hastings has gifted 2 million shares, worth over $1.1 billion at the stock’s current price, to the Mountain View, California-based Silicon Valley Comm…

Netflix founder and executive chair Reed Hastings has gifted 2 million shares, worth over $1.1 billion at the stock’s current price, to the Mountain View, California-based Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Deadline has confirmed. Hastings had a net worth of $6.6 billion before the latest gift, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. He has donated to educational institutions led by HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities).

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