Netflix was founded in 1997 in Scotts Valley, California by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph as a DVD mailing service and later transitioned to an online streaming service. In 2007, Netflix launched streaming video and began producing original content like House of Cards in 2013. Reed Hastings remains the CEO as Netflix has grown to over 118 million subscribers globally by 2018 and become worth over $100 billion focusing on expanding its library of original content.

2. Netflix was founded by Reed Hastings and Marc
Randolph on August 29th 1997 in Scotts Valley,
California.

3. Netflix was made available in the UK on
the 9th January 2012

4. Netflix's first website (1998) had 925 avaliable
DVD titles to rent through a traditional pay per
rent mode.

5. In 2007 after Netflix’s Billionth delivery they
announced they were launching streaming video.
In September 2011 the DVD section of Netflix
was split off and renamed Qwikser in another
website, this was retracted a month later.

6. On February 1st 2013 Netflix streamed there first
original content, House of Cards.

7. And more recently on the 30th of November
2016, Netflix released a new feature where
streamers can download the content to watch
offline.

8. In 2018 Netflix nearly has 118 million streamers
globally.

9. Reed Hastings is the CEO and chairman of
Netflix now!

10. With the headquarters being in Los Gatos,
California, United States

11. The company moved from a DVD mailing service
to a Subscription fee on demand service.
It is £8.99 a month or £9.99 a month to watch
up to four screens at a time.

12. Netflix is now worth $1,00,000,000
(100 billion dollars 2018).

13. In the Future …
In 2018 Netflix aims to release 700 new series.
And invest a lot of money into Netflix original
content.
They also have plan to start making animated
films.