Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is stepping down from Microsoft's board of directors next month.

Here are some biographical details on him:

NAME: Reed Hastings

AGE: 51

TITLE: Founder, CEO and chairman, Netflix Inc.

EDUCATION: B.A., mathematics, Bowdoin, 1983; M.S., computer science, Stanford, 1988.

CAREER: CEO of Pure Atria Software, maker of software development tools, 1991-1997. Founded Netflix in 1997, CEO since September 1998.

BOARD MEMBERSHIPS: Netflix Inc. (1997-present), Facebook Inc. (2011-present), Microsoft Corp. (2007- Nov. 28, 2012).

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS: In Peace Corps as high school math teacher in Swaziland before attending Stanford.