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Marc Andreessen
Marc Lowell Andreessen is an American businessman, venture capitalist, and former software engineer. He is the co-author of Mosaic, the first web browser to display inline images; co-founder of Netscape; and co-founder and general partner of Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
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Born 9 July 1971 · Q62882
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s 2024 presidential campaign. During the first half of 2025, Andreessen donated $3 million to MAGA Inc., a super PAC that supports Donald Trump. Andreessen is a mega-donor to the political superPAC and pro-cryptocurrency advocacy group Fairshake. Andreessen came out against president Joe Biden
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2026· 5 entries
Yahoo: The Marc Andreessen Administration
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Public attention spiked: 9,162 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6.4× the usual 1,425, with 6 article edits. Editors noted: Influence in tech
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The Wall Street Journal: Marc Andreessen
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Andreessen was appointed to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) by President Donald Trump
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2025· 2 entries
AOL: Marc Andreessen predicts one of the few jobs that may survive the rise of AI automation
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When interviewed by The New York Times's Ross Douthat, he recounted an occasion (in May 2024) in which he and Ben Horowitz attempted to meet with then-President Joe Biden, who declined the meeting but sent senior staff t
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2024· 5 entries
Yahoo: How Marc Andreessen’s “Whole Self” Philosophy Can Help You Strike A Healthy Work/Life Balance
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AOL: Marc Andreessen doesn’t want to see anyone’s ‘whole self’ at work: ‘Act like a professional and a grownup’
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TechCrunch: Marc Andreessen says AI model makers are in ‘a race to the bottom’ and it’s not good for business
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Andreessen Horowitz launched the 12-month American Dynamism Engineering Fellows Program, which was intended to recruit and train technologists
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“s 2024 presidential campaign. During the first half of 2025, Andreessen donated $3 million to MAGA Inc., a super PAC that supports Donald Trump. Andreessen is a mega-donor to the political superPAC and pro-cryptocurrency advocacy group Fairshake. Andreessen came out against president Joe Biden”
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2023· 1 entry
The firm launched the American Dynamism fund, which focuses on hard tech sectors which serve national interest, including space, defense, manufacturing, robotics
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2022· 2 entries
In 2022, Andreessen and his wife advocated against the construction of 131 multifamily housing units in their affluent Atherton, California town.
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Andreessen and his wife advocated against the construction of 131 multifamily housing units in their affluent Atherton, California town
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2021· 2 entries
And his wife bought a property in Malibu for $177 million from Serge and Florence Azria
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Business Insider notes that successful IPOs that have cemented Andreessen Horowitz's reputation include Okta, Inc
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2013· 3 entries
Awarded Internet Hall of Fame (2013).
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Awarded Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (2013).
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Andreessen was one of five Internet and Web pioneers awarded the inaugural Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
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2012· 3 entries
Andreessen Horowitz's portfolio holdings included Facebook, Foursquare, GitHub, Pinterest, Twitter and Honor Technology
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Andreessen donated $100,000 to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney
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Andreessen was named in the Time 100, an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world assembled by Time
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2011· 2 entries
“Senra: You don't have any levels of introspection.Andreessen: Yes. Zero. As little as possible.Senra: Why?Andreessen: Move forward. Go. Yeah, I don't— I don't know. I just have found people who dwell on the past get stuck in the past. It's— It's just— It's a real problem and it's very— It's a problem at work and it's a problem at home.”
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Andreessen published a Wall Street Journal essay and corresponding blog titled “Why Software Is Eating the World”, which, according to Fortune in 2026, accurately predicted the shift of retail and entertainment services
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2010· 1 entry
The firm assisted Silicon Valley attorney Ted Wang in creating the first free standardized seed round financing documents, the Series Seed Documents
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2009· 4 entries
An investor group that included Andreessen Horowitz acquired a majority stake in Skype at a valuation of $2
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Andreessen and Horowitz announced their Silicon Valley venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz
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Together with Peter Thiel, Andreessen helped Aydin Senkut to start the first institutional fundraise for his Felicis Ventures, after the latter's former Google colleagues had rejected his attempts to help with funding "a
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Andreessen issued a $25,000 reward for information leading to a conviction in the 1987 unsolved murder of Barbara Blackstone, a teacher from New Lisbon High School in Wisconsin, which he had attended
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2008· 1 entry
Career landmark: board of directors member (2008).
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2007· 1 entry
It was one of the first companies to offer software as a service and to attempt cloud hosting
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2006· 1 entry
Was a career obsessed striver and their conversation with you was: "When do I get promoted, and how much do I get paid, and when do I end up running the company
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2005· 1 entry
At a New Year’s Eve dinner organized by the former eHarmony CEO
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2003· 1 entry
With Andreessen serving as chairman
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1997· 1 entry
Awarded W. Wallace McDowell Award (1997).
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1995· 2 entries
Awarded ACM Software System Award (1995).
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Put Andreessen in the public eye
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1993· 2 entries
Studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, bachelor's degree (1993).
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Andreessen moved to California to work at Enterprise Integration Technologies
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1971· 1 entry
Born 1971-07-09.
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