- Netflix CEO Reed Hastings reportedly offered to resign from Facebook's board over his disagreement with Peter Thiel's support of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, according to The Wall Street Journal.
- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg declined Hastings' offer to resign.
- Thiel is reportedly scaling back his involvement in Silicon Valley and moving his investment firms to Los Angeles, where he plans to build a "right-leaning media outlet."
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Netflix's CEO reportedly offered to resign from Facebook's board after slamming Peter Thiel's support of Trump — but Mark Zuckerberg said 'no' (FB, NFLX)
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings reportedly offered to resign from Facebook's board over his disagreement with Peter Thiel's support of candidate Donald Trump.
In August of last year, The New York Times reported that, in 2016, Peter Thiel's support of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump caused friction among the members of Facebook's board.
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings — who called his fellow board member Thiel's support of Trump "catastrophically bad judgment" in an email leaked to the Times — also offered to resign over his disagreement with Thiel, according to a Wall Street Journal report published Thursday.
A vocal libertarian, Thiel has called Silicon Valley "
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