Chris Dixon
Venture capitalist and internet entrepreneur
Chris Dixon is an American entrepreneur and investor, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz who founded a16z crypto. He wrote Read Write Own.
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American Born 1972
About Chris Dixon
Chris Dixon joined the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz in 2013 and is a general partner there. His investments include Oculus and Coinbase, and he backed Kickstarter, Pinterest, Stack Overflow, and Stripe at an early stage. He founded and leads a16z crypto, the firm's division for investing in crypto and web3 technologies. In 2022 he took the top spot on the Forbes Midas List of the world's best venture capital investors. Dixon co-founded Hunch and served as its CEO. He has founded two startups, which were acquired by McAfee and eBay. He studied philosophy at Columbia University, holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, and grew up in Ohio.