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Marc Andreessen Joins Facebook’s Board Of Directors

(Posted on  TechCrunch  2 months ago)

Marc Andreessen, founder of Netscape, Opsware and Ning and the former CTO of AOL, is adding a new notch in his belt: he has joined the board of directors of Facebook, two sources close to the company confirmed to us (speculation about Andrees… (visit source article)
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