Anthony J. Wood (born 1965) is an English-born American billionaire businessman who is the founder, chairman and CEO of Roku, Inc. As on April 2021, he owned 15% stake in Roku, and had a net worth of US$7.2 billion.
Personal life
Wood was born and grew up in Manchester, England, followed by the State of Georgia in the U.S. At the age of 13, he moved to the Netherlands with family, and then lived in Texas in the U.S.In 1984, when Wood was a teenager, he published "Lunar Lander" in the Ahoy! magazine. Wood earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University. He met his wife Susan at this university, where Susan studied environmental design. They have three children, and live in Palo Alto, California.
Career
While in college, Wood founded his first company, "AW Software", to sell computer programs. He also founded "SunRize Industries" while studying engineering, developing software and hardware for the Amiga. After graduating, he founded SunRize version 2. Later, in 1995, Wood launched another company, iBand, which was bought by Macromedia for $36 million...
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