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Marc Andreessen

American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Marc Lowell Andreessen (/ænˈdrsən/ ann-DREE-sən; born July 9, 1971) is an American entrepreneur, venture capital investor, and software engineer. He is the co-author of Mosaic, the first widely used web browser with a graphical user interface; co-founder of Netscape;[2] and co-founder and general partner of Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. He co-founded and later sold the software company Opsware to Hewlett-Packard. Andreessen is also a co-founder of Ning, a company that provides a platform for social networking websites. He sits on the board of directors of Meta Platforms. Andreessen was one of six inductees in the World Wide Web Hall of Fame announced at the First International Conference on the World-Wide Web in 1994.[3][4] As of February 2023, his net-worth is estimated at $1.7 billion by Forbes.[5]

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Marc Andreessen
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Andreessen in 2013
Born
Marc Lowell Andreessen

(1971-07-09) July 9, 1971 (age 51)
EducationUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (BS)
Occupation(s)Investor
Entrepreneur
Software engineer
Known forMosaic
Netscape
Opsware
Andreessen Horowitz
Spouse
(m. 2006)
Children1[1]
Websitea16z.com/author/marc-andreessen
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