Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen speaks at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco, California, on Tuesday, September 13, 2016.
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Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz have told employees at their venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz that they plan to donate money to investors who support Donald Trump, CNBC has confirmed. Donald Trump’s political action committee for the presidential campaign made large donations.
information First reported expected donations based on Trump’s planned tech agenda.
These high-profile investors join others in the tech community in donating to support Trump. Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale and cryptocurrency billionaires Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss contributed to the recently formed America PAC. Tesla CEO Musk also said It is reported that He plans to contribute about $45 million a month to super PACs. Venture capitalist David Sacks, who spoke on the opening night of the Republican National Convention on Monday, co-hosted a Trump fundraiser in San Francisco.
Andreessen Horowitz was founded in 2009 and has invested in companies including OpenAI, Facebook, Airbnb, Anduril, Box, DoorDash and GitHub.
The company’s founder has yet to make a formal endorsement ahead of the 2024 election. Anderson has long Critical He views Silicon Valley as leaning left, but he did express support for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in 2016, tweeting “I support her.”
—CNBC’s Mary Catherine Wellons contributed to this report.
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