Marc Andreessen

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Marc Andreessen
Andreessen in 2013
Born	Marc Lowell Andreessen (1971-07-09) July 9, 1971 (age 53) Cedar Falls, Iowa, U.S.
Education	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (BS)
Occupations	Investor entrepreneur software engineer
Known for	Mosaic Netscape Opsware Andreessen Horowitz
Spouse	Laura Arrillaga ​ (m. 2006)​
Children	1[1]
Relatives	John Arrillaga (father-in-law)
Website	a16z.com/author/marc-andreessen

Marc Lowell Andreessen ^{[pronunciation?]} (born July 9, 1971) is an American businessman and former software engineer. He is the co-author of Mosaic, the first widely used web browser with a graphical user interface; co-founder of Netscape; 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; he also co-founded Ning, a company that provides a platform for social networking websites. He is an inductee in the World Wide Web Hall of Fame. Andreessen's net worth is estimated at $1.7 billion.