Ben Horowitz

Ben Horowitz
Horowitz in 2018
Born
Benjamin Abraham Horowitz

(1966-06-13) June 13, 1966 (age 58)
London, England
NationalityAmerican
EducationColumbia University (BA)
University of California, Los Angeles (MS)
Occupation(s)Co-founder of Opsware and Andreessen Horowitz
Spouse
Felicia Wiley
(m. 1988)
FatherDavid Horowitz

Benjamin Abraham Horowitz (born June 13, 1966) is an American businessman, investor, blogger, and author. He is a technology entrepreneur and co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz along with Marc Andreessen. He previously co-founded and served as president and chief executive officer of the enterprise software company Opsware, which Hewlett-Packard acquired in 2007. Horowitz is the author of The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers, a book about startups,[1][2] and What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture.[3]

  1. ^ Swisher, Kara (January 14, 2014). "Ben Horowitz Book, "The Hard Thing About Hard Things," Debuts in March". Re/Code. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  2. ^ David Goldman (March 12, 2014). "In Horowitz's Silicon Valley Tell-All, a Woman's Place Is Strictly Hypothetical". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on March 14, 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  3. ^ "What You Do Is Who You Are". Andreessen Horowitz. September 26, 2019. Archived from the original on January 27, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2020.