Marc Andreessen

Quick Facts

Full Name	Marc Andreessen
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Date Of Birth	Jul 9, 1971(1971-07-09)
Age	53
Birthplace	Cedar Falls
Country	United States
Birth City	Iowa
Horoscope	Cancer

Marc Andreessen Biography

Marc Andreessen is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on July 9, 1971 in Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States. Software engineer and investor who co-authored Mosaic. It was the first internet browser. He co-founded Netscape Communications Corporation.

While working at the University of Illinois’ National Center for Supercomputing Applications, he became familiar with the World Wide Web open standards philosophy of Tim Berners Lee.

After his graduation from UIUC in 1993, Andreessen moved to California to work at Enterprise Integration Technologies. Andreessen then met with Jim Clark, the founder of Silicon Graphics, who had recently exited the firm. Clark believed the Mosaic browser had great commercial possibilities and suggested starting an Internet software company. Soon, Mosaic Communications Corporation was in business in Mountain View, California, with Andreessen as co-founder and vice president of technology. The University of Illinois was unhappy with the company’s use of the Mosaic name, so Mosaic Communications changed its name to Netscape Communications, and its flagship Web browser was the Netscape Navigator.

Andreessen was born in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and raised in New Lisbon, Wisconsin. He is the son of Patricia and Lowell Andreessen, who worked for a seed company. In December 1993, he received his bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. As an undergraduate, he interned twice at IBM in Austin, Texas. He worked in the AIX graphics software development group which was responsible for the MIT X-windows implementation and ports of the 3D language APIs: SGI’s Graphics Language (GL) and PHIGS. He also worked at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois, where he became familiar with Tim Berners-Lee’s open standards for the World Wide Web. Andreessen and full-time salaried co-worker Eric Bina worked on creating a user-friendly browser with integrated graphics that would work on a wide range of computers. The resulting code was the Mosaic Web browser.

In 2006, he married Laura Arrillaga, founder of Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund.

Marc Andreessen Net Worth

Marc Andreessen is one of the richest Entrepreneur from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Marc Andreessen 's net worth $700 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He earned a computer science degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign.

He was also co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz Venture Capital, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm.

Marc Lowell Andreessen (/æ n ˈ d r iː s ən / ann-DREE -sən; born July 9, 1971) is an American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer. He is the co- author of Mosaic, the first widely used web browser; 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. 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 Facebook. 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.

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Who is Marc Andreessen Dating?

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Andreessen first joined the eBay board of directors in 2008, and served on it for six years. In October 2014, Andreessen announced his resignation from the board due to the company’s decision to break off its online payments unit PayPal. The decision to cut ties with PayPal was a point of contention between Andreessen and investor Carl Icahn. Icahn advocated for the PayPal split while Andreessen opposed the spin off, resulting in public disputes. Andreessen was accused by Icahn of putting his own interests in front of what was best for shareholders. Icahn published his argument in an open letter that detailed alleged conflicts of interest in eBay’s 2009 sale of Skype to a group of private investors, which included Andreessen’s own firm.

Facts & Trivia

Marc Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Marc Andreessen celebrates birthday on July 9 of every year.

Between 2005 and 2009, Andreessen and longtime business partner Ben Horowitz separately invested a total of $4 million in 45 start-ups that included Twitter and Qik. The two became well known as super angel investors. On July 6, 2009, Andreessen and Horowitz announced their Silicon Valley venture- capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.

How did Marc Andreessen get rich?

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.

What did Marc Andreessen invent?

Marc Andreessen, (born July 9, 1971, Cedar Falls, Iowa, U.S.), American-born software engineer who played a key role in creating the Web browser Mosaic and who cofounded Netscape Communications Corporation.

What is Marc Andreessen famous for?

Marc Andreessen is an entrepreneur, investor and software engineer best known as co-author of Mosaic, the first widely used Web browser.

How much did Marc Andreessen make from Netscape?

In late 1998, Marc Andreessen and his partner sold Netscape to AOL for 4.3 billion dollars. Despite this being Marc Andreessen’s best-known project, his track record is that of a prolific business mogul.

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