Number of Founded Organizations 2
CB Rank (Investor) 17,598
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner

Ben Horowitz is a cofounder and general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers, The Hard Thing About Hard Things and What You Do Is Who You Are. 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.

Ben has an MS in Computer Science from UCLA and a BA in Computer Science from Columbia University.

Ben serves on the board of Anyscale, Caffeine, Databricks, Genius, Mayvenn, Medium, NationBuilder, Okta ($OKTA), Sisu, Tanium, TripActions, UnitedMasters, and Usermind.

Number of Current Jobs 2
Number of Past Jobs 2
Ben Horowitz has 2 current jobs as Co-Founder and General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz and Founder at a16z crypto. Additionally, Ben Horowitz has had 2 past jobs including Vice President and General Manager at Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Vice President and General Manager20072008
Opsware
President and CEO19992007
Number of News Articles 2
FundDec 2, 2021
Bank of America raised a new fund: Black Ops Ventures Fund I ($13,000,000)