Ben Horowitz
Ben Horowitz is an American businessman, investor, blogger, and author. He is a high technology entrepreneur and cofounder and general partner along with Marc Andreessen of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. He cofounded and served as president and chief executive officer of the enterprise software company Opsware, which HewlettPackard acquired for 1.6 billion in cash in July 2007. Horowitz is the author of The Hard Thing About Hard Things Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers. In the book, published on March 4, 2014 by HarperCollins, Horowitz offers advice on building and running a startup.
Horowitz was born in London, England and was raised in Berkeley, California, the son of Elissa Krauthamer and conservative writer and policy advocate David Horowitz. He lives in Silicon Valley with his wife, Felicia Wiley Horowitz, and two daughters and a son. He donates his time to various organizations that include the American Jewish World Service, Columbia University, Stanford Hospital, Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund, Via Ball, and Via Rehabilitation. In April 2012, Horowitz along with Andreessen Horowitz General Partners Marc Andreessen, Peter Levine, Jeff Jordan, John OFarrell and Scott Weiss pledged to give half of their lifetime income from venture capital to charity.
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