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Ben Horowitz and Ali Ghodsi: How to Run a Billion-Dollar Business

2025-10-15 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ·1h 4m ·by Andreessen Horowitz
Ben Horowitz and Ali Ghodsi: How to Run a Billion-Dollar …
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Ben Horowitz founded Loudcloud in the middle of the dot-com bust and sold it for $1.6 billion, then led Andreessen Horowitz from its founding to $46 billion in committed capital. Ali Ghodsi co-founded Databricks, stepped in as CEO during a crisis, and led it to a valuation of over $100 billion. In t