Netflix co-CEO says he doesn't read business books—instead, he reads one 1902 novella about a ship and its captain ‘over and over again'
- Posted on January 7, 2026
- By Fortune
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Netflix co-CEO says he doesn't read business books—instead, he reads one 1902 novella about a ship and its captain ‘over and over again'

Like Elon Musk and Tim Cook, Netflix’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos is a fan of good books. But instead of picking up traditional management reads, he leans on a 123-year-old fiction he once thought was about a reckless “hot dog.”