PROFILE
Marc Andreessen
Founder and General Partner,Andreessen Horowitz
$1.9B
Real Time Net Worth
as of 2/16/26
Reflects change since 5 pm ET of prior trading day.
Photo by Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch
From the Editor
Last Updated May 27, 2025, 1:01am EDT
- Andreessen runs influential Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, whose successful bets include Instagram, Oculus VR and GitHub.
- 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.
- In June 2018, a16z raised $300 million for its first crypto-focused fund, co-led then by fellow Midas Lister Chris Dixon and the firm's first female general partner, Katie Haun.
Wealth History
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Personal Stats
- Age
- 54
- Source of Wealth
- Venture capital investing, Self Made
- Notable Deal
- Samsara
- Residence
- Menlo Park, California
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 1
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Did you know
His wife Laura is daughter of billionaire John Arrillaga, who built his fortune in Silicon Valley real estate.
While still at college, Andreessen co-created the highly influential Mosaic Internet browser.
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