John Hendricks

John Samuel Hendricks is an American businessman and the founder and former chairman of Discovery, Inc., a broadcasting and film production company which owned the Discovery Channel, TLC, and Animal Planet networks, among other ventures. On March 20, 2014, after 32 years at the helm, he made public his intention to retire as chairman of Discovery Communications after the annual shareholders' meeting of May 16, 2014. He moved on to found Curiosity Stream, an ad-free, on-demand streaming service.