Founder of 5 different companies, which include: Discovery, Inc., CuriosityStream, Inc. and American Association of University Consultants, John S. Hendricks is an entrepreneur and businessperson who has been at the helm of 8 different companies and is Chairman & President for Hendricks Investment Holdings LLC (which he founded) and Chairman of CuriosityStream, Inc. (which he founded in 2008), Chairman & Chief Editorial Officer at CuriosityStream Operating, Inc. (which he founded in 2005) (a subsidiary of CuriosityStream, Inc.). John S. Hendricks is also on the board of United States Olympic Committee, American Film Institute, Inc., Institute for Advanced Study, Inc. and National Forest Foundation and Chairman at Discovery Channel Global Education Fund and Advisor at University of Maryland College Park Foundation.

In the past he held the position of President of American Association of University Consultants (he founded the company), Executive Chairman at Discovery, Inc. (he founded the company in 1982), Chairman of Discovery Communications Holding LLC and Chairman of Software Acquisition Group, Inc.

He received an undergraduate degree from The University of Alabama.