Greg Peters is an American businessman. He is co-chief executive officer of Netflix. [1] [2]
Peters is the grandson of William Peters, a journalist and civil rights activist, and the nephew of Gretchen Peters, a singer and songwriter. [3] [4] He earned a BS degree in physics and astronomy from Yale University, where he was a member of Skull and Bones. [5]
After college, Peters joined the U.S. Air Force but left for an engineering job at Wine.com. [6] He was also a senior vice president at Macrovision Solutions Corp (renamed to Rovi Corporation). [7] [8]
In 2008, Peters joined Netflix as the company's international development officer, responsible for global partnerships with consumer electronics companies, Internet service providers, and multi-channel video programming distributors. [9] [10] [11] [12]
In July 2017, Peters became the chief product officer of Netflix. [13] [14] [15] [16] During his time as chief product officer, Netflix introduced smart downloads, mobile games, ads, and new crackdowns on password sharing. [17] [18] According to Bloomberg News , Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings put Peters in charge of these areas of the company and praised Peters for making "great decisions". [6] Later, in 2020, he also became the chief operating officer of Netflix. [19] [20]
In January 2023, Peters became the co-chief executive officer of Netflix [21] along with Ted Sarandos, [22] after Hastings stepped down and became executive chairman. [20] [23]
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