Anthony Wood (businessman)


Anthony J. Wood is an English-born American billionaire businessman who is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Roku, Inc.

Personal life

Wood grew up in Manchester, England, and then in Georgia and Texas in the United States. Wood earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University. Wood met his wife Susan at Texas A&M University, where she studied environmental design. They have three children, and live in Palo Alto, California.

Career

From September 1997 to August 2001, Wood was president and CEO of ReplayTV, which he sold in 2002 to SONICblue. Wood founded Roku in October 2002, has been the CEO since then, and chairman since February 2008. As of November 2017, Wood owned 27.3% of Roku.