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 American technology entrepreneur (born 1966) 
 

 Ben Horowitz Horowitz in 2018 Born Benjamin Abraham Horowitz 
 ( 1966-06-13 ) June 13, 1966 (age 59) 
 London , England Education Columbia University ( BA )
 University of California, Los Angeles ( MS ) Occupations Co-founder of Opsware and Andreessen Horowitz Spouse 
 Felicia Wiley   ​ ( m.  1988) ​ Children 3 [ 1 ] Father David 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, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture. [ 4 ] 

 
 Early life

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 Benjamin Abraham Horowitz [ 5 ] was born in London, England and raised in Berkeley, California , the son of Elissa Krauthamer and conservative writer and policy advocate David Horowitz . He was one of the few white players on the Berkeley High football team. [ 6 ] He is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. Horowitz's great-grandparents were Jewish immigrants from the Russian Empire who arrived in the U.S. in the mid-19th and early 20th centuries. [ 7 ] 

 Horowitz earned a BA from Columbia University in 1988 and an MS from UCLA in 1990, both in computer science. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] 

 Career

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 Horowitz began his career as an engineer at Silicon Graphics in 1990. [ 8 ] In 1995, he joined Marc Andreessen at Netscape as a product manager. [ 10 ] From 1997 to 1998, Horowitz was vice president for the Directory and Security Product Line at Netscape. [ 8 ] After Netscape was acquired by AOL in 1998, Horowitz served as Vice President of AOL's eCommerce Division. [ 11 ] 

 In September 1999, Horowitz cofounded Loudcloud with Andreessen, Tim Howes , and In Sik Rhee. [ 12 ] Loudcloud offered infrastructure and application hosting services to enterprise and Internet customers such as Ford Motor Company , Nike, Inc. , Gannett Company , News Corporation , the United States Army and other large organizations. Horowitz took Loudcloud public on March 9, 2001. [ 13 ] 

 In June 2002, Horowitz began a transformation of Loudcloud into Opsware , an enterprise software company. [ 14 ] He took the first step by selling Loudcloud's core managed services business 

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