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Marc Andreessen

1971 - Today

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Marc Lowell Andreessen ( an-DREE-sən; born July 9, 1971) is an American businessman and former software engineer. He is the co-author of Mosaic, the first web browser to display inline graphics; co-founder of Netscape; and co-founder and general partner of Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. He co-founded and later sold the software company Opsware to Hewlett-Packard; he also co-founded Ning, a company that provides a platform for social networking websites. He is an inductee in the World Wide Web Hall of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marc Andreessen is the 406th most popular inventor (up from 414th in 2019), the 12,344th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,916th in 2019) and the 120th most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Marc Andreessen ranks 406 out of 426. Before him are Roger C. Field, Joy Mangano, Charles Ammi Cutter, Herbert E. Ives, Clarence Birdseye, and Kamil Tolon. After him are Alfred Carlton Gilbert, Harold Stephen Black, Lawrence Hargrave, Charles F. Kettering, Arunachalam Muruganantham, and Arthur Fry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Marc Andreessen ranks 408. Before him are Amanda Peterson, Mackenzie Crook, Jay Harrington, Heiko Herrlich, Vladislav Galkin, and Jenna Elfman. After him are Gilberto Simoni, Ivan Sergei, Choi Jin-cheul, Craig Mazin, Elivélton, and Tanja Fajon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marc Andreessen ranks 12,348 out of 20,380. Before him are Warren G (1970), Mireille Enos (1975), Amanda Schull (1978), Jenna Elfman (1971), Karl Gordon Henize (1926), and Tyler Bates (1965). After him are Frank Borghi (1925), Melissa Belote (1956), Carrie Coon (1981), Artimus Pyle (1948), David Brian (1914), and Jeremy Lin (1988).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Marc Andreessen ranks 120. Before him are Granville Woods (1856), Stanford R. Ovshinsky (1922), Joy Mangano (1956), Charles Ammi Cutter (1837), Herbert E. Ives (1882), and Clarence Birdseye (1886). After him are Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884), Harold Stephen Black (1898), Charles F. Kettering (1958), Arthur Fry (1931), Walter Frederick Morrison (1920), and Sarah E. Goode (1855).

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