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Marc Andreessen

United States 55 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth: Venture capital investing
Industry: Finance & Investments
Residence: Menlo Park, California
Organization: Founder and General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
Education: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
Marital Status: Married
Children: 1

Assets

Coinbase Global

485,000 shares @ -

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COIN-US
eBay

10,861 shares @ -

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EBAY-US
Groupon

116,350 shares @ -

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GRPN-US
HP Inc.

15,660 shares @ -

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HPQ-US
LinkedIn Corp

0 shares @ -

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LNKD-US
Meta Platforms

43,000 shares @ -

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META-US
Slack Technologies

1,413,000 shares @ -

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WORK-US
Twitter, Inc.

9,744,300 shares @ -

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TWTR-US
Zynga

8,265,000 shares @ -

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ZNGA-US

Biography

Andreessen runs influential Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, whose successful bets include Instagram, Oculus VR and GitHub.

His first claim to fame was cofounding web browser firm Netscape, which AOL bought in 1998 for $4.2 billion in stock.

Andreessen's biggest score was as a seed investor in Facebook.

He also cofounded Loudcloud, which, renamed Opsware, sold to Hewlett-Packard for $1.6 billion in 2007.

In June 2018, a16z raised $300 million for its first crypto-focused fund, co-led then by fellow Midas Lister Chris Dixon and the firm's first female general partner, Katie Haun.

About

His wife Laura is daughter of billionaire John Arrillaga, who built his fortune in Silicon Valley real estate.

While still at college, Andreessen co-created the highly influential Mosaic Internet browser.