Ted Sarandos is Co-CEO of Netflix, the global streaming entertainment platform with over 238 million subscribers worldwide. He was named co-CEO of Netflix in July 2020 and currently shares the role with Greg Peters.

Ted started his career as a video store clerk in Phoenix, eventually becoming Vice President at West Coast Video where he managed nearly 500 stores. After meeting Netflix CEO Reed Hastings in 1999, Sarandos joined Netflix in 2000, when it was still a DVD-by-mail service.

He has been responsible for all content operations since 2000, and led the company's transition into original content production that began in 2013 with the launch of the series 'House of Cards,' 'Arrested Development' and 'Orange... He was named one of Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People" of 2013 and received the Producers Guild of America Milestone Award in 2019.

Beginning with House of Cards, which was bought for $100 million in a March 2011 deal, Sarandos created Netflix's model of purchasing multiple seasons of shows without pilot orders. Sarandos is a member of several boards, including: Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Board of Trustees, Exploring The Arts, Board of Trustees, American Cinematheque, Board member, American Film Institute, Board of Trustees, Peabody Awards, Board of Directors, Spotify, Board of Directors, and Paley Center for Media - Board of Trustees.

Under Sarandos' leadership, Netflix has invested heavily in international productions. Popular titles such as Money Heist (Spain), Squid Game (South Korea), and Dark (Germany) reflect the company's strategy of appealing to a global audience. Squid Game became the platform's most-watched series, with over 1.65 billion hours viewed in its first four weeks of release, making it a major financial and cultural phenomenon for Netflix.