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Mitch Lowe is an American entrepreneur, businessman and a speaker known for his contributions in the video and rental industry. He is currently the CEO of MoviePass, a subscription service that charges members a monthly fee for movie tickets at cinemas. He has also served as the co-founding executive of Netflix and the president of Redbox.

Early life and career
Lowe is a high school dropout, and was President of Video Droid from June 1984 to March 1998. Following Video Droid, Lowe was VP of Business Development and Strategic Alliances for Netflix from March 1998 to January 2003. Then, at McDonald’s Corporation, Lowe was Senior Director and VP of Operations from May 2003 to December 2005. After McDonald’s, Lowe worked at Redbox as Chief Operating Officer (2005 to 2009) and President (2009 to 2011). After his tenure at Redbox, Lowe was the CEO of Quarterly Co. from September 2012 to July 2014.

From September 2011 to January 2016, he was a board member of the Charles Tillman Cornerstone Foundation, which helps children and families in need access needed opportunities and resources. From August 2015 to April 2016, he was a board member of Alchemy, an independent distributor of film and television content in North America. From March 2015 to November 2017, he was also on the board of Cantaloupe Systems, a retail payments service provider that was acquired by USAT for over $80 million.

Since May 2016, he has been a speaker at BigSpeak Speakers Bureau. Lowe has been CEO of MoviePass since June 2016 and has overseen the growth of MoviePass’ userbase to more than 2 million users.