Reed Hastings By lstun Oct 8, 1960 Birth Born in Boston Massachusetts, son of Joan Amory and Wilmot Reed Hastings. Jul 6, 1981 Joins the Marine Corps He joines the Marines the summer of 1981. Jan 3, 1982 Left to Bowdoin colledge Jan 1, 1983 left to teach in Swaziland Dec 1, 1985 Returns From teaching Jan 1, 1991 Left adaptive corp, founded pure software Jan 1, 1997 Hastings and Marc Randolph co-founded Netflix Jan 1, 2007 Anounced Streamable Television