In February 1996, at just 24 years old and fresh off Netscape’s IPO, he landed on the cover of TIME magazine sitting ba…
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In February 1996, at just 24 years old and fresh off Netscape’s IPO, he landed on the cover of TIME magazine sitting barefoot on a red velvet throne, for a feature called “The Golden Geeks.” The image was meant to capture a new kind of tech millionaire. Nearly three decades later, the barefoot founder photo has become its own tech industry cliché. Andreessen accidentally started the trend. Jim Clark aka the “father of computer graphics” and Marc Andreessen, founders of Netscape. The original…
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