Roku, Inc.
Market Data Current As Of: August 17, 2026
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Roku, Inc.
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Company History
Founded 2002 in San Jose, California, United States
Originally incubated inside Netflix before being spun out in 2008 by Anthony Wood, Roku launched the first dedicated Netflix streaming player and developed into North America's dominant connected-TV operating platform.
Anthony Wood is the founder, CEO, and Chairman of Roku. A pioneer in home entertainment technology, Wood conceived the modern streaming media player and oversaw Roku's evolution into a public connected-TV platform.
Acquired demand-side advertising platform (DSP) to build out the OneView ad-tech platform for automated TV ad buying.
Acquired exclusive global streaming rights to over 75 premium short-form shows from defunct mobile video startup Quibi.
Roku was founded in October 2002 by Anthony Wood in Saratoga, California.
Roku was developed inside Netflix in 2007 as 'Project Griffin' before Netflix CEO Reed Hastings spun it out as an independent company to avoid competing with third-party hardware makers.