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Marc Andreessen

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Marc Lowell Andreessen ( an-DREE-sən; 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; 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 supported presidential candidates of the Democratic party until 2016. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2024). Marc Andreessen is the 407th most popular inventor (up from 414th in 2024), the 12,363rd 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 407 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 422. Before him are Amanda Peterson, Mackenzie Crook, Jay Harrington, Heiko Herrlich, Vladislav Galkin, and Jenna Elfman. After him are Gilberto Simoni, Christien Anholt, Ivan Sergei, Choi Jin-cheul, Craig Mazin, and Elivélton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marc Andreessen ranks 12,371 out of 20,380. Before him are Ellen Stewart (1919), Guion Bluford (1942), Nick Lachey (1973), Mireille Enos (1975), Warren G (1970), Amanda Schull (1978), Jenna Elfman (1971), Karl Gordon Henize (1926), Bruce Seldon (1967), and Tyler Bates (1965). After him are Frank Borghi (1925), and Melissa Belote (1956).

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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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