
Marc Randolph

Marc Randolph
Netflix
Mark Randolph is the co-founder and founding CEO of Netflix who laid much of the groundwork for a service that’s grown to 150 million subscribers, and fundamentally altered how the world experiences media.
Mark also served on the Netflix board of directors until retiring from the company in 2003. Marc’s career as an entrepreneur spans four decades. He has founded or co-founded six other successful start-ups, mentored hundreds of early-stage entrepreneurs, and as an investor has helped seed dozens of successful tech ventures (and just as many unsuccessful ones).
Most recently, Mark co-founded analytics software company Looker Data Sciences, where he now serves as director. Outside of the tech and startup world, Marc sits on the boards of Chubbies Shorts, Augment Technologies, the environmental advocacy group 1% For The Planet, and the International Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), which he’s been involved with for most of his life.
A resident of Santa Cruz, California, Marc travels and speaks all over the world. Packed with dozens of stories that trace the dramatic ups and downs of those first exciting years at Netflix, Marc weaves an inspiring story that shows the value of innovation, persistence and optimism. Along the way he shares some of the many values that he believes made Netflix successful, including a focus on analytics and testing, its novel corporate culture, and it’s almost fanatical obsession with focus. Equal parts inspiration start up story, and practical tips, it’s a message that resonates well with anyone who appreciates a good “overcoming adversity” story.