News about Marc Andreessen

After splurging a quarter of a BILLION dollar on Malibu mansions, billionaire tech investor Marc Andreessen sells his stunning Silicon Valley home for $33 million

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 20, 2024
The Netscape co-founder and Mosaic entrepreneur already owns a number of houses in Paradise, including a seven-acre house that he bought for $177 million in 2021. It was the most expensive home ever bought in California, a record that stood up until 2023 when Jay Z and Beyonce paid $200 million for the house next door. After a four-year renovation, his home in the San Diego suburbs is nothing to sniff at either, with 12,200 square feet, five luxurious bedrooms, and a pristine interior. This ostensible jewel, which is just visible from the street and across from the prestigious Menlo Circus Club, is one of Atherton's most unique estates,' the realtor blurb claims.

Since he bought the plot for $1M in 1985, America's most expensive house hits the market for a whopping $295 million: the beachfront complex was constructed by a financier for his family of 13 children and 84 grandchildren

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 7, 2024
The most expensive home in the United States sold for $295 million. In the 1980's, financier John Donahue built the beachfront compound for his family of 13 children and 84 grandchildren. Former President George H.W. attended decades of gatherings and celebrations at the Naples property, including notable figures like former President George H.W. In a Wall Street Journal exclusive, Bush and Arnold Palmer, their son Bill Donahue, were spotted.

'This is very disrespectful', a rant at a town hall meeting over 'utopian city' proposals that are backed by Silicon Valley billionaires.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 30, 2023
Residents of Vallejo, California, a Solano County city, expressed their trepidation about a planned 'utopian city,' which is expected to be constructed on farmland in the immediate area. The project is being dubbed 'California Forever.' Its architects' proposal to turn 50,000 acres of Solano County farmland into a brand new city of about as many residents. According to the developers, the area will be as walkable as Paris and will result in the creation of tens of thousands of jobs.

At a council meeting against tech giants' proposal to create a 53,000-acre 'utopian' city, ferocious Californians erupted, but the Silicon Valley billionaires were dismissed as a "small, vocal minority."

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 24, 2023
Residents of Solano County packed into a meeting earlier this month to oppose a billionaire-backed group's attempts to build a 'walkable and green' city on rural property. Those in opposition argue that the initiative could jeopardize existing ecosystems and be referred to as a 'oligarch city.' Brian Brokaw, a spokesperson for the group, dismissed them as a "small but vocal minority."

Billionaire Flannery group says it has now bought all the land it needs for utopian new 53,000 acre city in Northern California that will be 'walkable and green'

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 5, 2023
The October purchases, according to Flannery Associates, was the last stage of its sale before the 'California Dream' city's construction began. Flannery Associates LLC has invested more than $800 million in Solano County over the years, secretly buying vast swaths of land around Travis Air Force Base, a project dubbed 'California Forever.' According to county records, the investor group bought half a dozen more land parcels in October, totaling 814 acres, indicating that it now owns more than 53,000 acres in the area.

AI students who dream of a time when robots are smarter than humans

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 3, 2023
It's a 'city of yesterday', where nostalgic Americans will be able to get out of the modern world's problems. According to the city's founders, children will walk to school and grandparents will live down the street from their grandparents. Children are seen riding their bikes down tree-lined streets and families canoeing on lily-covered lakes, according to one of the promo photos. A mystery group of Silicon Valley moguls has paid $900 million for 50,000 acres of rural property in Solano County, north-east of San Francisco, and claims that the'sustainable community' could house 400,000 people on a single day.

AI robots will take over from humans,' according to tech experts, and we should 'embrace and brace' for it

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 30, 2023
This week, global leaders and Silicon Valley executives are speaking at Rishi Sunak's world-first AI Safety Summit to learn how best to protect against its threatening threat. However, a powerful group in the tech industry is advising us to'embrace and brace' for it, rather than attempting to discourage machines from taking over. Among them is billionaire Marc Andreessen, who just released a manifesto naming safety, ethics, and regulation as the 'enemy' to AI's future. The investor, who has been dubbed "the leading ideology for the Silicon Valley elite," is on the board of directors of Meta, which controls Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

Ranchers in the middle of a $800 million land grab in Silicon Valley.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 4, 2023
Farmers who live on the land rented by Silicon Valley titans in order to create a utopian city are concerned that the growth will destroy their livelihoods. On Friday, renderings for the California Forever project were unveiled, revealing proposals for a 50,000-acre idealistic city backed by tech billionaires and giants. As farmers and ranchers who live near the property purchased by 'Flannery Associates' protested the company's conduct, they immediately reacted angrily. They are so selfish, it's amazing,' a farmer who spoke with SF Chronicle said. 'They know what they are going to do but they don't even know anyone who lives here?' Forever, the landowner in Solano County, about 60 miles northeast of San Francisco, is now the largest landowner. The land was worth more than $800 million to the company.

Jan Sramek, the 'California Forever' founder, unveils first renderings for San Francisco's utopian city, claiming that it will have improved schools, safer streets, and less homelessness

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 1, 2023
The creative renderings of their exciting plans have been published by the tech billionaires behind a scheme to create a utopian new city in California's Bay Area. Following months of silence and rumors, the group rebranded as 'Flannery Associates,' and revealed the plans in a publicity blitz on Thursday night. Former Goldman Sachs trader Jan Sramek's backers include Silicon Valley titans like LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, Andreessen Horowitz investor Marc Andreessen, and Steve Jobs' widow Laurene Powell Jobs.

As the company's clandestine plan to create a utopian city across the Bay comes to light, Flannery Associates backer Michael Moritz slammed San Francisco's fentanyl 'zombie zones.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 31, 2023
After snapping up more than 50,000 acres of farmland for more than $800 million, Flannery Associates is now the largest landowner in Solano County, which is about 60 miles northeast of San Francisco. The land around Travis Air Force Base, which had raised doubts that the buyers were linked to a foreign power with hostile intent, but the corporation was launched earlier this week as a cadre of Silicon Valley billionaires with aspirations of building a utopia. Michael Moritz, a billionaire venture capitalist who has been vocally critical of San Francisco, has slammed the ambitious venture as a city that "bans plastic straws but allows plastic needles."

Beyonce and Jay-Z purchase the most expensive home in California for $200 million

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 20, 2023
Beyonce and Jay-Z have made a historic real estate purchase and also broken previous California home price records in the process. According to TMZ, the Crazy in Love singer, 41, and the hip hop mogul, 53, bought a lavish Malibu mega-mansion, making it the most expensive house ever sold in the state of California. The power couple, who also owns a house in Bel Air, took the record from their new neighbor, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, who bought his house next door for $177 million in 2021.

Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos' girlfriend, celebrates her 53th birthday with Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 10, 2022
Sanchez, who turns 53 on December 19, was joined by more than a dozen of her girlfriends in Malibu, California, on Thursday for an early birthday luncheon. Both her Instagram feed and Stories featured photos of the guest of honor. Sanchez lauded her friends for taking time out of their busy schedules to celebrate her birthday, saying, "You all mean the world to me." In fondant, the Black Ops Aviation founder was treated to a helicopter cake with the word "Hottest 25th Birthday" written on it. The confection was a salute to both her helicopter piloting abilities and her aerial filming company. Sanchez posed for a portrait with Kardashian, who was seated next to her, during one of the group shots, while the reality star's mother was taken. Kimora Lee Simmons, Sara Foster, Jennifer Meyer, Jennifer Meyer, and Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, the wife of billionaire investor Marc Andreessen, were among the other notable guests on the show.

The disgraced chiefs of Kings and Queens: The disgraced bosses will not be kept down

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 5, 2022
Nat Rothschild (pictured with wife Loretta Basey) is one of a string of disgraced business executives who refuse to allow a little scandal to stand in their way. After a venture into the Indonesian energy market that spectacularly backfired, Rothschild was regarded as an enfant terrible of the corporate world. Thanks to the electric car revolution, Rothschild is soaring again.

Kim Kardashian dined with Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen at Nobu Malibu for lunch

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 2, 2022
Kim Kardashian put her newly slimmed-down body on display at a lunch meeting at Nobu, the Kardashian favourite in Malibu on Thursday. When meeting up with philanthropist Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen for some Japanese cuisine, the 41-year-old looked sleek and chic in a black bustier-style top. Kanye West, her ex-husband, erupted his rivalry with her and her family on social media during a brief period after her divorce from Pete Davidson.

During dinner with Jeff Bezos in Malibu, Lauren Sanchez showcases her curves

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 29, 2022
Bezos, 58, and Sanchez, 52, were seen on a double date when they were seen dining with two friends at the celebrity hotspot Nobu Malibu on Sunday. As they stepped into the restaurant, Sanchez flashed a massive emerald flanked by diamonds on her engagement finger. She has been wearing different rings on her finger for the past year, but no one has made a public engagement announcement. Sanchez was dressed to impress in a strapless green jacket with a butterfly print and an asymmetrical hem. She paired the figure-hugging jacket with nude stilettos featuring clear straps, aviator sunglasses, and a brown Hermès mini Birkin bag. Bezos was dressed more casually in a gray T-shirt that hugged his muscles, light khaki pants, and sneakers. During the dinner, Sanchez took a selfie with her friend Laura and posted it on Instagram to wish her a happy birthday.

As a court fight over a $44BN purchase persists, Elon Musk has subpoenaed Twitter founder Jack Dorsey

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 22, 2022
Elon Musk has subpoenaed his colleague and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey in the court fight over his $44 billion acquisition of the social media company. Dorsey, a sociologist who co-founded Twitter in 2006 and then grew close to Musk and advised him to buy the company and keep it private, as he did. Last November, he resigned from running the company for the second time and handed over the leadership to Parag Agrawal, the company's new CEO. Musk's legal team is likely to request help from Dorsey, the company's ultimate insider, for his claim that the website has not been truthful about the number of bots and fake accounts among its 238 million daily active users.

How did Adam Neumann win $350 million after a $44 billion WeWork failure?

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 16, 2022
Three years after WeWork's glorious future fell in a failed attempt to go public, its inebrible CEO Adam Neumann, 43, has not only returned to the real estate market, but did so with a $350 million fund and $1 billion valuation before the company even started. The disgraced executive announced the unveiling of 'Flow', his latest rental housing startup, inspired by his favorite pastime, surfing. However, with blurred details of a concrete business plan, it appears that Flow is nothing more than a repackaged version of Neumann's past mishaps that culminated in one of the biggest corporate scandals of the last decade, with 2,400 layoffs, a failed IPO, him being fired from his own company, and a total of $44 billion in obliterated worth. Neumann's 4,000 apartments in Nashville, Miami, Atlanta, and Fort Lauderdale came with WeWork-style services: yoga studios, media rooms, foosball tables, and beer were among the pandemic features: Neumann has quietly purchased 4,000 apartments: throughout the pandemic, microwave tables, and beer. Neumann's remaining question is whether he intends to continue his old self-dealing habits, which resulted in him pocketing millions of dollars by leasing multiple properties that he already owned to WeWork.

Adam Neumann, the founder of WeWork, has piqued a lot of interest in the mystery real estate investment venture Flow

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 15, 2022
Adam Neumann, 43, left, received a $350 million investment from Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz for his latest venture, Flow, which the company values at $1 million. Other than that he intends to create a widely recognized apartment brand with community features that will attract young professionals, not much is known about the ousted WeWork CEO's plans for Flow. The project's website, inset, simply says: 'Live life in Flow.' ' The arrival of 2023 is anticipated.' However, Marc Andreessen, right, praised Neumann as the one who would solve the company's challenges, which was why he invested in the company.

Adam Neumann, the deposed WeWork founder, receives a boost in investment

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 15, 2022
WeWork founder Adam Neumann (pictured with wife Rebekah) was forced to resign as CEO of the company three years ago after investors, including Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, revolted against him in an abortive attempt to seize the firm publicly.