Author

Books by Marc Randolph

Marc Randolph is the co-founder and first CEO of Netflix, where he led the company from its founding in 1997 through its IPO in 2002, after which he transitioned to a board role. Before Netflix, he worked in direct marketing and co-founded or joined several other companies with Reed Hastings. After leaving Netflix, he became an entrepreneur and mentor in the startup community and hosts a podcast and newsletter on entrepreneurship. That Will Never Work, published in 2019, is his account of Netflix's founding years and his most prominent public statement about what he learned from building the company.