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Career Highlights
Awards & Recognition
★Fast Company's Most Creative People recognition
★Featured on Chronicle of Philanthropy's America's 50 biggest donors list
★Forbes billionaire recognition
★CES keynote speaking roles
Notable Facts
→Founder, Chairman and CEO of Roku Inc, publicly traded streaming company
→Billionaire with estimated net worth of $1.7-7.2 billion
→Sixth-time serial entrepreneur - 'Roku' means 'six' in Japanese
→Invented the DVR and founded ReplayTV before Roku
→Previously worked at Netflix as VP of Internet TV under Reed Hastings
→Major philanthropist with $71M in charitable commitments in 2022
→Founded WoodNext Foundation with $48.2M donation
→Born in Manchester, England, electrical engineering degree from Texas A&M
→Roku serves 89.8 million streaming households globally
→Published first software in Ahoy! magazine as teenager in 1984
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