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Reed Hastings net worth 2026

A file on what they are worth, where the money comes from, what government pays their holdings, and what they spend on politics.

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What the money shows

Reed Hastings is listed at $4.3B in net worth. The loaded public-record file ties $10.4M to federal contracts, lobbying, PAC money, or personal political giving. Personal political giving accounts for $10.4M in the accepted FEC records. The largest recipient committee on file is REPUBLICAN ACCOUNTABILITY PAC across 2 recipient committees.

Sources: USAspending · Senate LDA · FEC

Incomplete FEC data

The personal-giving data is not complete. Totals on this page may be understated until every FEC filing can be checked.

  • held Schedule A receipts cover only ingested super PAC committees and only contributions of $50,000 or more; other personal giving may be missing
Who they are

Background

Reed Hastings co-founded Netflix in 1997 and grew it from a DVD-by-mail service into the world's largest streaming service. He stepped down as co-chief executive in 2023 and is now executive chairman. He has also served on California's state education board and is a longtime backer of charter schools.

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  1. The person
    Reed Hastings
    Net worth Forbes, 2026-07
    $4.3B
  2. spends on politics
    $8.7M
  3. money goes to
    REPUBLICAN ACCOUNTABILITY PAC · HMP
    2 recipient committees
    See the donor register
    $8.7M
  4. spent against
    Donald TrumpR
    REPUBLICAN ACCOUNTABILITY PAC spent against $23M
    See the member's file
  5. spent against
    Tom BarrettR
    HMP spent against $10M
    See the member's file
  6. spent against
    Ryan MackenzieR
    HMP spent against $9.3M
    See the member's file
  7. spent against
    Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.R
    HMP spent against $8.6M
    See the member's file

Gold is money coming in from government. Green is money spent to support a candidate, red to oppose one. Purple is other money going out to politics. Each step links to the file it came from.

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Net worth

Forbes lists Reed Hastings at $4.3B as of 2026-07.

FEC and Senate LDA

What they spend on politics

Personal political giving
derived · FEC Schedule A · all cycles
$8.7M
Recipient committees, all cycles

Who they have backed

  • REPUBLICAN ACCOUNTABILITY PAC
    2024-08-13 · 1 gift · C00804856
    $6.9M
  • HMP
    2023-12-27 · 1 gift · C00495028
    $1.8M