Ben Horowitz

Ben Horowitz is a co-founder and general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, which he launched in 2009 with Marc Andreessen. He sits on the board of several companies, including Databricks, and led multiple investment rounds in the company from its early stages. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Hard Thing About Hard Things and What You Do Is Who You Are. Previously, he co-founded and served as CEO of Opsware, which was acquired by Hewlett-Packard for $1.6 billion in 2007.