Article: Browser pioneer Andreessen joins Facebook board

Marc Andreessen, an entrepreneur and software engineer behind the Web's earliest browsers, has joined the board of the online hangout Facebook.

Andreessen's appointment could bring additional clout and insight to a young but growing startup headed by Mark Zuckerberg, 24, who started Facebook as a Harvard undergraduate.

In a statement late Monday, Zuckerberg said Andreessen, 36, "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 organizations."

Andreessen's appointment also brings him in alliance with a one-time ...

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