Company · Software · Technology · founded 1994
Netscape
Software company founded in 1994 as Mosaic Communications by Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark, best known for the Netscape web browser. AOL bought it in a deal that closed in 1999.
Of the 2 people here linked to Netscape, 1 is a founder and 0 are still there. 1 of them also appear at Andreessen Horowitz. These are people who succeeded, not the odds of succeeding.
Description and founding year: en.wikipedia.org. Each person's role links to its own source on their profile.
2 people at Netscape
Founder Past
Role
Co-founder (Mosaic Communications) and vice president of technology, 1994–1999
Source
· medium confidence. The Netscape page gives 1994 as the founding year and names him co-founder; AOL's acquisition closed 17 March 1999. His person page says he was hired as chief technical officer after the acquisition, which is an AOL role and is not recorded here.
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Marc Andreessen
Co-creator of the Mosaic web browser; co-founder of Netscape and of the venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
middle-class · some · college degree
Employee Past
Role
Evangelist, 1997–1998
Source
· medium confidence. The alumni page says he worked there after graduating; the dates come from Wikipedia, which cites the same page.
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Luke Nosek
Co-founder of PayPal; co-founder of Founders Fund and Gigafund; SpaceX director since 2008
Polish-born · some · college degree
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