Ben Horowitz is a cofounder and general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers, The Hard Thing About Hard Things and What You Do Is Who You Are. He also created the a16z Cultural Leadership Fund to connect the greatest cultural leaders to the best new technology companies, and enable more young African Americans to enter the technology industry.

Prior to a16z, Ben was cofounder and CEO of Opsware (formerly Loudcloud), which was acquired by Hewlett-Packard for $1.6 billion in 2007, and was appointed vice president and general manager of Business Technology Optimization for Software at HP. Earlier, he was vice president and general manager of America Online’s E-commerce Platform division, where he oversaw development of the company’s flagship Shop@AOL service. Previously, Ben ran several product divisions at Netscape Communications. He also served as vice president of Netscape’s widely acclaimed Directory and Security product line. Before joining Netscape in July 1995, he held various senior product marketing positions at Lotus Development Corporation.

Ben has an MS and a BA in computer science from UCLA and Columbia University, respectively.

MPower Partners共同創業者兼ゼネラル・パートナー。1994年から2020年までゴールドマン・サックス証券に勤務し、日本副会長兼チーフ日本株ストラテジストとして活躍。高いアナリスト評価を得る傍ら、1999年に提唱した「ウーマノミクス」は、日本政府の成長戦略にも影響を与えた。多様性と持続可能性を重視し、著書に『女性社員の育て方、教えます』がある。現在はファーストリテイリング社外取締役や京都大学特命教授をはじめ、国内外の数多くの組織で理事やメンバーを歴任。ハーバード大・ジョンズ・ホプキンズ大学院卒。日系2世アメリカ人として、経済界や政策提言の場で多岐にわたる活動を展開している。