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Article: Browser pioneer Andreessen joins Facebook board
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- July 1, 2008
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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 ...