PC giant adds "software pioneer" to arsenal
By Erica Ogg
Published: 18 September 2009 09:39 GMT
Two years after selling his software company to HP, Marc Andreessen has joined the PC giant's board of directors.
HP announced the appointment, effective immediately, on Thursday. In a statement, HP's chairman and CEO Mark Hurd described Andreessen as "a software pioneer whose leadership has helped shape the internet...Marc's entrepreneurial background and industry expertise will be a welcome addition to the HP board of directors".
Andreessen and HP's relationship goes back several years, culminating with HP's purchase of Opsware for $1.6bn in 2007. Since then, Andreessen, best known as the co-founder of Netscape, has helmed social network creation service Ning, and a new venture capital firm Andreessen-Horowitz. He also sits on the boards of eBay and Facebook.
The addition of Andreessen will bring the HP board up to 11 members.
Original article: Andreessen joins HP board from CNET News.com
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