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12 Facts About Ben Horowitz

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Benjamin Abraham Horowitz was born on June 13,1966 and is an American businessman, investor, blogger, and author.

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Ben Horowitz is a technology entrepreneur and co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz along with Marc Andreessen.

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Ben Horowitz previously co-founded and served as president and chief executive officer of the enterprise software company Opsware, which Hewlett-Packard acquired in 2007.

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Benjamin Abraham Horowitz was born in London, England and raised in Berkeley, California, the son of Elissa Krauthamer and conservative writer and policy advocate David Horowitz.

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Ben Horowitz's great-grandparents were Jewish immigrants from the Russian Empire who arrived in the US in the mid-19th and early 20th centuries.

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Ben Horowitz earned a BA from Columbia University in 1988 and an MS from UCLA in 1990, both in computer science.

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Ben Horowitz began his career as an engineer at Silicon Graphics in 1990.

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From 1997 to 1998, Ben Horowitz was vice president for the Directory and Security Product Line at Netscape.

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In September 1999, Ben Horowitz cofounded Loudcloud with Andreessen, Tim Howes, and In Sik Rhee.

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In June 2002, Ben Horowitz began a transformation of Loudcloud into Opsware, an enterprise software company.

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Ben Horowitz was Loudcloud's and Opsware's President and Chief Executive Officer for the entire history of the company.

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In July 2024, Ben Horowitz announced he will donate to Super PACs that support Donald Trump's presidential campaign.