Scott Kupor

Scott Kupor is an investing partner and the first employee at Andreessen Horowitz. Prior to joining Andreessen Horowitz, Scott worked as vice president and general manager of software-as-a-service at Hewlett Packard. Scott joined HP in 2007 as part of HP’s acquisition of Opsware, where he was senior vice president of customer solutions. At Opsware, he held numerous executive management positions, including vice president, financial planning and vice president, corporate development. Prior to Opsware, Scott represented software companies in both financing and mergers and acquisitions transactions at Credit Suisse First Boston and Lehman Brothers. Scott serves on the boards of the following Andreessen Horowitz portfolio companies: Cedar, Headway, Foursquare, Labster, Infinitus, Ultima and SnapLogic.In addition to serving on the SVCF board, Scott serves on the following outside boards: St. Jude Children’s Cancer Research Hospital and the Global Impact Investing Network. Scott is also on the investment committees for Stanford Medical Center and the Rhodes Trust and is a lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business.He is the author of the bestselling book Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It.Scott graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University with a bachelor’s degree in public policy with honors and distinction. He also holds a law degree with distinction from Stanford University and is a member of the State Bar of California.