Founding History of Netflix

Founded by Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings.

Started design and development work in August 1997.

Purchased the nextflix.com domain and incorporated as Netflix Inc. in November 1997.

Launched commercially in April 1998.

Started trading on the NASDAQ in May 2002.

Raised over $100 million USD in five rounds of funding.

Headquartered in Los Gatos, USA.

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Year 1 of Netflix

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Version 1 of Netflix (Website)

APR 1998

Stats of Netflix (Pre-IPO)

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Full Year 1 of Netflix

Y1 of Netflix.pdf

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Extras of Netflix

1997 NOV.pdf

1997 NOV Articles of Incorporation

Form S-1.pdf

2002 MAY Form S-1