Despite years of major Democratic donations including $7M to Harris, Reed Hastings publicly endorsed Trump's executive order establishing a $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applicants. He posted on X: 'I've worked on H1-B politics for 30 years. Trump's $100K per year tax is a great solution.'
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Reed Hastings
Executive Chairman Netflix
Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Netflix. Major Democratic donor who has donated over $20M to Democratic causes. Also a philanthropist focused on education.
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Reed Hastings made his largest single-candidate donation ever, contributing $7 million to a super PAC supporting Kamala Harris in July 2024. This followed his public call for Biden to step aside, stating 'Biden needs to step aside to allow a vigorous Democratic leader to beat Trump.'
Sources: Hollywood Reporter(opens in new tab)