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Marc Andreessen

Also Known As Marc L. Andreessen · Marc Lowell Andreessen
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Marc Lowell Andreessen (born July 9, 1971) is an American businessman, venture capitalist, and former software engineer. He is the co-author of Mosaic, the first web browser to display inline images, and co-founder of Netscape. He later co-founded and sold the software company Opsware to Hewlett-Packard, co-founded the social networking platform company Ning, and co-founded the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.

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Birth Year
1971 1
Birth Date
1971-07-09 1
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W. Wallace McDowell Award 1
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Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering 1
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Internet Hall of Fame 1
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ACM Software System Award 1
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1. Wikidata: Marc Andreessen
  • Wikidata Q62882, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q62882 P569 (date of birth)
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