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A look inside the insanely successful life of Silicon Valley investor Marc Andreessen

Maya KosoffDec 13, 2015, 19:44 IST

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Marc Andreessen is best known for cofounding the internet browser Netscape and launching Andreessen Horowitz, one of Silicon Valley's most famous venture-capital firms.

Today, a16z has $4.2 billion under management. Andreessen was an early investor in tech companies like Facebook and Twitter and has overseen its investments in hot billion-dollar startups like Airbnb.

Andreessen's net worth was an estimated $600 million in 2012 and has likely increased since - not bad for someone who grew up in a sleepy "no-stoplight town" in rural Wisconsin.

Disclosure: Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, is an investor in Business Insider.