In brief
Marc Randolph (born April 29, 1958) is an American entrepreneur, advisor, and speaker best known as the co-founder and first CEO of Netflix, the pioneering streaming service that revolutionized the entertainment industry.
Born in Chappaqua, New York, to a Jewish family, Randolph grew up in a household where his father, Stephen Bernays Randolph, transitioned from a career as a nuclear engineer to a financial advisor, and his mother managed a real estate firm; he is also the great-nephew of Edward Bernays, often called the "father of public relations." After graduating from Hamilton College in 1981 with a degree in geology, Randolph entered the tech world in the 1980s, initially working in marketing and entrepreneurship roles. He co-founded several early startups, including Integrity QA, a software quality assurance firm acquired by Pure Atria in 1996, where he met future Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings during their daily carpool.
Marc Randolph was born on April 29, 1958, in Chappaqua, New York, to a Jewish family. He was the eldest child of Stephen Bernays Randolph, an Austrian-born nuclear engineer who later became a financial advisor, and Muriel Lipchik, a Brooklyn native who ran her own real estate firm.
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