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Don’t get distracted by the shiny object [and if a crisis comes], execute on the fundamentals.

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Reed Hastings
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: January 1
Chief Executive Officer
Entrepreneur
NZ
Wilmot Reed Hastings
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