>Susan Rice
>Both Obamas coming in.
>Soros invested.
Yes.
>Hastings also notched a multiyear deal with former President Barack Obama and wife Michelle’s production company, Higher Ground Productions, to produce “films and series for Netflix, potentially including scripted series, unscripted series, docu-series, documentaries and features,” the company said.
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https://nypost.com/2018/05/27/reed-hastings-and-the-obamas-are-making-bank-with-netflix-deal/
>Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos celebrated Barack and Michelle Obama as “among the world’s most respected and highly-recognized public figures” in announcing a deal last week for the Obama family to produce films and series for the streaming service. “We are incredibly proud they have chosen to make Netflix the home for their formidable storytelling abilities,” Sarandos said in a news release.
>What Sarandos didn’t mention: He and his wife have long been donors and friends to the Obamas, having raised more than a half-million dollars as bundlers for the president’s campaign in 2012. His wife, Nicole Avant, also was appointed by Obama as ambassador to the Bahamas, serving from 2009 to 2011.
-http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/30/obamas-netflix-deal-inked-with-help-from-bundler-buddy.html
>In January, Netflix named Rodolphe Belmer, former CEO of Canal Plus Group, to the board.
>The other Netflix directors are:
>Reed Hastings
>Anne Sweeney, former president of Disney-ABC Television Group
>Richard Barton, executive chairman of Zillow Group and founder of Expedia
>A. George (Skip) Battle, former executive chairman of Ask Jeeves and executive at Andersen Consulting
>Timothy Haley, managing director at Redpoint Ventures
>Jay Hoag, general partner at Technology Crossover Ventures
>Leslie Kilgore, former Netflix chief marketing officer
>Ann Mather, ex-CFO of Pixar and Village Roadshow Pictures, former Disney exec
>and Brad Smith, president and chief legal officer, Microsoft.