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Ben Horowitz

Benjamin Abraham Horowitz (born January 13, 1966) is an American businessman, investor, blogger, and author. He is a technology entrepreneur and co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz along with Marc Andreessen. He previously co-founded and served as president and chief executive officer of the enterprise software company Opsware, which Hewlett-Packard acquired in 2007. Horowitz is the author of The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers, a book about startups, and What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture.

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  Benjamin Abraham Horowitz (born January 13, 1966) is an American businessman, investor, blogger, and author. He is a technology entrepreneur and co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz along with Marc Andreessen. He previously co-founded and served as president and chief executive officer of the enterprise software company Opsware, which Hewlett-Packard acquired in 2007. Horowitz is the author of The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers, a book about startups, and What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture. ## Early life [edit] [...] Appearance From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia American technology entrepreneur (born 1966) | Ben Horowitz | | Horowitz in 2018 | | Born | Benjamin Abraham Horowitz (1966-01-13) January 13, 1966 (age 60) London, England | | Education | Columbia University (BA) University of California, Los Angeles (MS) | | Occupations | Co-founder of Opsware and Andreessen Horowitz | | Spouse | Felicia Wiley ​ (m. 1988)​ | | Children | 3 | | Father | David Horowitz | [...] Horowitz was Loudcloud's and Opsware's President and Chief Executive Officer for the entire history of the company. Along the way, shares of Opsware IPO'ed at $6, sank to $0.35 per share at its nadir and traded at $14.25 a share at the time of its sale to HP. Following the sale of Opsware to Hewlett-Packard, Horowitz then spent one year at Hewlett-Packard as Vice President and General Manager in HP Software with responsibility for 3,000 employees and $2.8 billion in annual revenue. ### Andreessen Horowitz [edit]

• Ben Horowitz - CHM

  Ben Horowitz is a cofounder and general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. He is the author of the New York Times, bestseller, The Hard Thing About Hard Things, and the upcoming Harper Business book, What You Do Is Who You Are, available October 29. He also created the a16z Cultural Leadership Fund to connect the greatest cultural leaders to the best new technology companies, and enable more young African Americans to enter the technology industry. [...] Prior to a16z, Ben was cofounder and CEO of Opsware (formerly Loudcloud), which was acquired by Hewlett-Packard for $1.6 billion in 2007, and 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 company’s flagship Shop@AOL service. Previously, Ben ran several product divisions at Netscape Communications. He 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.

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  Ben Horowitz is the cofounder and general partner of Andreessen Horowitz, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs building the next generation of leading technology companies. The firm's investments include Airbnb, GitHub, Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter. Previously, he was cofounder and CEO of Opsware, formerly Loudcloud, which was acquired by Hewlett-Packard for $1.6 billion in 2007. Horowitz writes about his experiences and insights from his career as a computer science student, software engineer, cofounder, CEO, and investor in a blog that is read by nearly 10 million people. He has also been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the New Yorker, Fortune, the Economist, and Bloomberg Businessweek, among others. Horowitz lives in the

• Biography:Ben Horowitz - HandWiki

  November 26, 2022 - Benjamin Abraham Horowitz (born June 13, 1966) is an American businessman, investor, blogger, and author. He is a high technology entrepreneur and co-founder and general partner along with Marc Andreessen of the venture capital firm Andreessen

• Ben Horowitz

  From the Editor ## Last Updated May 27, 2026, 6:30am EDT Ben Horowitz is a general partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, which he cofounded in 2009. In January 2026, a16z raised over $15 billion in new funds. Horowitz has backed a string of older-generation companies that helped shape the modern internet, including Skype, Lyft, Medium and Okta, among others. He and cofounder Marc Andreessen worked together at Netscape, then cofounded data center software company Opsware (formerly Loudcloud), which they sold to HP for $1.6 billion in 2007. Horowitz led Databricks' $250 million Series E in 2019 at a $2.75 billion valuation, and co-led Databricks' Series J in 2024 valuing it at $62 billion. It's now worth $134 billion. Horowitz sits on the company's board. [...] ByJosipa Majic PredinContributor Jul 16, 2024 ### Trump Lands More Big Tech Backers: Billionaire Venture Capitalist Andreessen Joins Wave Supporting Former President The venture capitalist founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, who reportedly are drawn by Trump’s vow to lower crypto regulation, join the likes of Elon Musk in Trump’s corner. ByDerek SaulFormer Staff Nov 28, 2019 ### What A Prison Gang Leader Taught A Venture Capitalist About Culture Author Ben Horowitz has fascinating insights into the behaviours that influence how organizations make decisions. ByRoger TrappContributor ADP BRANDVOICE | Paid Program Apr 22, 2018 ### Decision-Making Strategies For Your Toughest Financial Challenges [...] Jul 17, 2014 ### The CEO Pivot Puzzle Product definition is a challenge for any startup. But it’s significantly harder for a company that is in an evolving market. Ben Horowitz – in his new book 'The Hard Thing About Hard Things', makes a compelling argument for how not to define product strategy. In making the transition from Loudcloud to [...] BySteven RosenbaumFormer Contributor Mar 7, 2014 ### 4 Hard Earned Lessons from Ben Horowitz Hard Earned Lessons From Ben Horowitz Entrepreneur and venture capitalist Ben Horowitz gets real in his recently released book The Hard Thing About The Hard Things. While most start-up stories read like a romance novel, Ben's book is more like watching the film Fight Club. He wants to dispel the myth [...] ByMichael LindenmayerContributor

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  John Jay Award

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• Gender

  male

• Educated At

  Columbia University

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Occupation

  businessperson

• Citizenship

  United States

• Date Of Birth

  6/13/1966

• Place Of Birth

  London