Chief content officer van Netflix Bela Bajaria ontvangt de International Emmy Founders Award 2026 tijdens de 54e International Emmy Awards op 23 november in New York.
Bela Bajaria is among the most consequential executives in television today. She has built a global content operation of remarkable scale and creative ambition, in which stories told in any language can become worldwide phenomena. Her leadership has produced some of the most celebrated programming of our era. We are thrilled to present her with the International Emmy Founders Award.
Bajaria expressed gratitude for the honor, noting that the International Academy's mission aligns with her views on television's potential.
I am deeply honored to receive this recognition from the International Academy, whose mission reflects everything I believe about what television can be. The stories that have resonated most with audiences around the world are the ones rooted in a specific place, a specific truth — and what we have proven, over and over, is that authenticity travels. That is a gift I never take for granted, and I am so proud of the extraordinary creators and teams who make it possible every day.
In haar rol bij Netflix stuurt Bajaria content aan die bijna een miljard mensen bereikt in meer dan 190 landen en in meer dan vijftig talen. Haar toezicht omvat grote series als Stranger Things, Squid Game, Wednesday en Bridgerton, plus films als KPop Demon Hunters, Frankenstein en Train Dreams.
Ze heeft Netflix ook de weg gewezen naar liveprogramma's en sport via meerjarige deals met de WWE, NFL en MLB.
Eerdere winnaars van de International Emmy Founders Award zijn onder meer Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, J.J. Abrams, Jesse Armstrong, Shonda Rhimes, Ryan Murphy, David E. Kelley en, meest recent, Disney President and Chief Creative Officer Dana Walden.