Speaker Profile

Bela Bajaria joined Netflix in 2016 and was named Chief Content Officer in January 2023. She oversees the teams responsible for all Netflix content from around the world including series ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Squid Game,’ ‘Wednesday,’ ‘Bridgerton,’ ‘Heeramandi’ and ‘Lupin,’ and films including ‘Leave the World Behind,’ ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’ and Oscar® winners ‘All Quiet on the Western Front' and ‘Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio.’ Bela led Netflix’s push into live events and sports with specials such as ‘Chris Rock: Selective Outrage,’ ‘The Roast of Tom Brady’ and multiyear deals with the NFL and WWE. Prior to Netflix, Bela was President of Universal Television. Past honors include THR’s Women in Entertainment list, Variety’s LA Women’s Impact Report, TIME’s 100 Most Influential People of 2022, and Fortune’s Most Powerful Women in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. Bela serves on the board of The Coca–Cola Company, the LA Board of Governors for the Paley Center, the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors, the board of LA’s Saban Community Clinic and the Board of Trustees for Meridian International Center.