Ben Horowitz

Co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz

Ben Horowitz is a co-founder and general partner of the venture capital fund, Andreessen Horowitz. Horowitz was a co-founder and CEO of Opsware (formerly Loudcloud), which was acquired by HP in 2007, and Horowitz was appointed vice president and general manager of Business Technology Optimization for Software at HP. Earlier, he was vice president and general manager of America Online’s E-commerce Platform division, where he oversaw development of the companyâ€™s flagship Shop@AOL service Previously, Horowitz ran several product divisions at Netscape Communications. Horowitz also served as vice president of Netscape's widely acclaimed Directory and Security product line. Before joining Netscape in July 1995, he held various senior product marketing positions at Lotus Development Corporation. UCLA, MS Columbia University, BS

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Business Positions

Mission Advancement Corp. Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation (SPAC) related to The Najafi Companies

• Board Advisor

Board Memberships

Andreessen Horowitz Venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Ben Horowitz and Marc Andreessen

• co-founder and general partner

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

Democratic Hope Fund Joint Obama-DNC Fundraising Committee

• 2 contributions · 66,800 USD (Oct 9 '15)

Democratic National Committee Governing body for the U.S. Democratic Party

• 2 contributions · 63,300 USD (Oct 8 '14→Oct 9 '15)

Barack Obama 44th President of the United States

• 6 contributions · 7,015 USD ('07→Oct 9 '15)

Zoe Lofgren US Representative from California (1995-present)

• 1 contribution · 2,600 USD (Oct 25 '14)

Mitt Romney U.S. senator from Utah, former Massachusetts governor

• 1 contribution · 2,300 USD ('07)

Miscellaneous Relationships

Slate Star Codex a blog, written by a Bay Area psychiatrist who called himself Scott Alexander followed by self-proclaimed rationalist movement

• reader