[duiker101]

Netflix just gave him the money? Isn't a producer the one with the money that hires people?

[gkoberger]

Well, he had his own production company, and they gave money to that.

[pavlov]

In the same sense as a startup founder is the one with the money who hires people. Usually it’s somebody else’s money who is keeping a distance, and the producer/founder is making decisions on how to use it.