Ted Sarandos

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Ted Sarandos
Born c. 1964 (age 52)
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Residence Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Malibu, California, U.S.
Occupation Businessman
Spouse(s) Nicole Avant
Children 1 son, 1 daughter
Relatives Clarence Avant (father-in-law)

Ted Sarandos (born c. 1964) is an American businessman. He serves as the Chief Content Officer for Netflix.

Early life

Ted Sarandos was born circa 1964 in Phoenix, Arizona.[1] He attended a community college in Phoenix.[2]

Career

Sarandos started his career by working in a video store.[1] He later worked as an executive for the video distributor ETD and for Video City and West Coast Video.[3]

Sarandos joined Netflix in 2000.[1] He serves as its Chief Content Officer.[3] He uses algorithms to predict what programs viewers will want to watch prior to producing them.[1]

Sarandos serves on the Film Advisory Board of the Los Angeles Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival.[3] He is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.[3] He was listed on the Time top 100 most influential people in the world in 2013.[4]

Philanthropy

Sarandos serves on the board of trustees of Exploring The Arts, a non-profit organization which supports arts education in public schools in New York City and Los Angeles.[5]

Sarandos was the 2014 recipient of the Humanitarian Award from the Simon Wiesenthal Center.[6][7]

Personal life

Sarandos is married to Ambassador Nicole Avant.[3][3] They reside in Beverly Hills, California, and they purchased a beachhouse formerly owned by David Spade in Malibu, California in 2013.[8] With his wife, Sarandos raised US$700,000 for Democratic candidate Barack Obama's 2012 campaign.[8] Sarandos has two children from his previous marriage, Sarah and Tony.

References

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