Ben Horowitz

Ben Horowitz is a co-founder and general partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), one of Silicon Valley’s most influential venture capital firms, known for backing startups such as Airbnb, Coinbase, Databricks, and OpenAI. Before becoming a VC, Horowitz was co-founder and CEO of Opsware, which sold to HP for $1.6 billion. He’s also the bestselling author of The Hard Thing About Hard Things, a well-regarded guide for startup leadership.