[lapcat]

Classic pulling up the ladder behind you.

Thiel went to Stanford, and Andreessen to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

[pstuart]

Not just that, but Andreessen got rich due to the work that came from CERN and he was working at NCSA developing Mosaic, which turned into Netscape.

That wealth was completely the result of work funded by the government, and the resulting initial wealth was his golden ticket into making even more.

[elgenie]

Also, Andreessen’s wife of two decades attended Stanford. Her billionaire father ensured that their surname (Arrillaga) is plastered all over the campus.