Marc Andreessen, a co-founder of Netscape Communications, a pioneer in Web browsing, is the latest member of the board of directors at Hewlett-Packard.
HP announced on 17 Sept that Andreessen will be the 11th board member. He already serves on the boards of eBay and Facebook.
Mark Hurd, HP’s chairman and CEO, praised Andreessen “Marc Andreessen is a software pioneer whose leadership has helped shape the Internet,” Hurd said in a statement. “Marc’s entrepreneurial background and industry expertise will be a welcome addition to the HP board of directors.”
Andreessen is no stranger to HP. In 2007, HP bought Andreessen’s company, data center automation software maker Opsware, for about $1.6 billion (£989m). He was co-founder and board chairman for Opsware.
He is co-founder and general partner of Andreessen Horowitz, a $300 million venture fund, and co-founder and chairman of Ning, an online platform for enabling people to build their own social networks.
He also has served as CTO for AOL and was the co-author of Mosaic, an early Web browser.
After relocating from California to Texas in 2020, Oracle's Larry Ellison now reveals plan to…
Share price hit after Meta admits heavy AI spending plans, after posting strong first quarter…
For third time Google delays phase-out of third-party Chrome cookies after pushback from industry and…
Elon Musk firm touts cheaper EV models, as profits slump over 50 percent in the…
Bad news for Tim Cook, as Counterpoint records 19 percent fall in iPhone sales in…
TikTok pledges to challenge 'unconstitutional' US ban in the courts, after President Joe Biden signs…