Founder Profile
John Hendricks
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is John Hendricks?
John Hendricks is a founder of Warner Bros. Discovery, which was founded in 2022 with Harry Warner.
- Company founded
- Warner Bros. Discovery
- Founded
- 2022
- Co-founders
- Harry Warner
Background
Hendricks studied history at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and worked in higher education and media consulting before raising money to start the Discovery Channel.
Founding Story
John Hendricks launched the Discovery Channel in 1985 and built Discovery Communications, the predecessor of Discovery, Inc., which merged with WarnerMedia in 2022 to form Warner Bros. Discovery. He founded the Discovery business, not WBD itself. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
Sources
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- Warner Bros. Discovery Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Results (Warner Bros. Discovery)
- Warner Bros. Discovery First Quarter 2026 Results (Warner Bros. Discovery)