Ted Sarandos
| Ted Sarandos | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Theodore Anthony Sarandos Jr. July 30, 1964 Phoenix, Arizona U.S. |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Glendale Community College |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Employer | Netflix |
| Salary | US$1 million |
| Title | Chief Content Officer |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Michelle Sarandos (div.) Nicole Avant (2009-present) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Theodore Sarandos, Sr. |
| Relatives | Clarence Avant (father-in-law) |
Theodore "Ted" Anthony Sarandos, Jr. (born July 30, 1964) is an American businessman of Greek heritage. He is the Chief Content Officer for Netflix. Sarandos oversees Netflix's 2015 revenue of US$6.78 billion (and 2015 operating income of US$305.8 million), and with his guidance, the Company received 54 2016 Primetime Emmy Awards.
Sarandos was born in Phoenix, Arizona, to father Ted Sarandos, who was an electrician, and a mother who was a stay-at-home mom. He is the fourth of five children, with three older sisters and a younger brother. Sarandos' paternal grandfather came from the Greek island of Samos to the United States as a young boy. His family name was originally Kiriazakis, but he changed it to Sarandos.
While in high school writing for his high school newspaper, Sarandos met and interviewed the actor Ed Asner, who was in Phoenix for a local Screen Actors Guild meeting. Asner, then in the height of his Lou Grant period, ended up introducing him to others in the entertainment industry, for further interviews and connected his interests in entertainment, politics, and journalism.
Sarandos attended Glendale Community College in Glendale, Arizona. He also attended Arizona State University, where he was a journalism major until he left college to manage the video store where he worked since high school, Arizona Video Cassettes West.
From 1983 to 1988, Sarandos managed eight retail video stores in the "Arizona Video Cassettes West" chain. In 1988 Sarandos became Western Regional Director of Sales and Operations for one of the largest video distributors in the United States, East Texas Distributors (ETD). Until March 2000, Sarandos was Vice President of Product and Merchandising for the almost 500 store chain, Video City/West Coast Video. While at West Coast Video he was responsible for negotiating revenue deals to migrate from the company from the VHS format into the DVD format.
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