Portrait of Marc Andreessen

Rank #2212

Marc Andreessen

Net worth $1.9B

Venture capital investing · United States

Born
Jan 01, 1970
Age
56
Source
Venture capital investing
Residence
Atherton, California
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
1
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Net worth over time

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.
  • 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.

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