"Marc is an industry leader, and we're fortunate to have him join our board," said Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer, Facebook. "He has experience that is relevant to Facebook in so many ways: scaling companies that are experiencing extraordinary growth, creating successful technology platforms, and building strong engineering organisations. I know Marc will be a great mentor to me and our leadership team."
"Facebook is one of the most innovative companies on the Web and it's an honor to join the board," said Andreessen. "I'm looking forward to helping the team as Facebook continues to grow."
Andreessen co-founded Ning as a complementary platform to Facebook that allows people to create their own social network with any design, any feature set, and in any language. He also authored early Web browser Mosaic and was co-founder of Netscape Communications. Andreessen also worked as CTO for AOL; chairman and co-founder, Loudcloud, later named Opsware and acquired by Hewlett-Packard. |
