NFLX Chief ExecutiveWhat Ted Sarandos says in public, and what their own SEC filings show they own.
Co-CEO · Netflix, Inc.
Co-CEO since 2020. Joined Netflix in 2000. Drove shift to originals (House of Cards, Stranger Things). Time 100 multiple times. Spotify board member.
Sarandos owns about 0% of Netflix, Inc., worth $14.0M at the last close.
Score = stake band (35) + founder (15) + tenure (10) + track record (15) + 12-month direction (−10…15) + filing discipline (10). Every input links to a filing or to the career file; the bands are ours.
Dots mark the months the activity below moved the line. Hover one for the filing.
| Security | Held via | Shares |
|---|---|---|
| Common Stock | Direct | 178,954 |
| Reported as of 2026-08-04 | 178,954 | |
| Date | Type | What happened | Shares | Price | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | Sale | Open-market sale | −27,312 | $73.35 | $2.0M | under a 10b5-1 plan |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Exercise | Option or RSU conversion across 3 lots | +54,388 | — | — | |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Tax | Shares withheld for tax across 3 lots | −27,076 | $71.71 | $1.9M | |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Sale | Open-market sale across 2 lots, $72.90–$73.48 | −105,850 | $73.03 avg | $7.7M | under a 10b5-1 plan |
| May 5, 2026 | Sale | Open-market sale across 3 lots, $87.96–$87.98 | −27,312 | $87.97 avg | $2.4M | no 10b5-1 plan |
| May 4, 2026 | Exercise | Option or RSU conversion across 3 lots | +54,388 | — | — | |
| May 4, 2026 | Tax | Shares withheld for tax across 3 lots | −27,076 | $92.06 | $2.5M | |
| Feb 3, 2026 | Exercise | Option or RSU conversion across 3 lots | +54,388 | — | — | |
| Feb 3, 2026 | Tax | Shares withheld for tax across 3 lots | −27,076 | $82.76 | $2.2M | |
| Jan 7, 2026 | Award | Grant or award | +207,420 | — | — |
| Company | Role | Reported | Beneficial | % of class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NFLX NETFLIX INC This page | Co-CEO | 178,954 2026-08-04 |
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| SPOT Spotify Technology S.A. | Director | 19,907 2026-05-28 |
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Reported is every lot on the person's own Forms 3, 4 and 5 — direct and through trusts. Beneficial is the figure stated on the latest Schedule 13D/G cover page, which can exclude shares the person disclaims and include options exercisable within 60 days, so the two are never added together.
265 filings under CIK 0001393838 · captured 2026-09-05 · All filings on EDGAR ↗
5 recorded appearances
On Netflix's 10th anniversary in India, Sarandos said AI is only useful if it makes the product better — a pure cost saver 'won't change anything' and may be harmful — alongside comments on Bollywood and local commissioning.
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Sarandos defended the Warner Bros. bid against regulatory and creative-industry objections, insisting Netflix is healthy with or without the deal.
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Sarandos on the Warner Bros. process and, separately, his view of the theatrical window's long-term trajectory.
Watch or read →Sarandos accused Paramount of 'flooding the zone with confusion' by floating hypothetical offers directly to Warner shareholders and bypassing the board, and said he sees no regulatory grounds to block a Netflix-Warner deal. He also predicted 'AI slop' would drive a flight to quality.
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Two-hour Senate antitrust hearing in which Sarandos made Netflix's competitive case for the Warner Bros. acquisition and fielded questions on content, pricing and market power.
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