Marc Andreessen
Chairman

Marc Andreessen is Chairman and co-founder of Opsware Inc., the leading provider of data center automation software. Marc is widely recognized for his role in launching the Internet revolution in 1993, with his creation of the Mosaic browser while at the University of Illinois. After graduation, Marc co-founded Netscape Communications, and played a critical role in the company’s hypergrowth. Andreessen later became CTO of AOL when the company purchased Netscape in 1999.

As one of the technology icons of our time, Marc has received numerous accolades, was named one of the “Top 50 people under the age of 40” by Time Magazine in 1994, and graced the magazine’s cover in 1996. With Mosaic and the Netscape browser, Marc’s ideas created a platform that enabled individuals to access the Internet. Similarly, today Opsware is enabling businesses to take advantage of the massive business opportunities created by the web and new web-based architectures.