Powerhouse venture firm Andreessen Horowitz has hired Daniel Penny as an investor, its web page confirms. Penny is the former Marine who was tried

Mr. Penny, who was acquitted after choking a mentally ill subway passenger to death, was hired to join the firm’s American Dynamism investment team.

Marine veteran Daniel Penny, who was found not guilty in the death of Jordan Neely in a New York City subway, has a new job with Silicon Valley investment firm Andreessen Horowitz.

Andreessen Horowitz's website lists the Marine veteran Daniel Penny as a deal partner to support the venture capital firm's American Dynamism team.

Penny was acquitted of criminally negligent homicide in the choking death of Jordan Neely. He will start work at Andreessen Horowitz.

Mr. Penny, who was acquitted after choking a mentally ill subway passenger to death, will work for Andreessen Horowitz. Before the killing, he had been an architecture student.

Daniel Penny, the Long Island native and Marine vet acquitted for the manslaughter of a homeless man on a New York City subway train last year, has landed a job at a $45 billion venture capital firm.

Venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz has hired Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran who became a national figure after he used a chokehold on an agitated subway rider.

Daniel Penny has reportedly landed a role in venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz a little less than two months after he was acquitted of criminally negligent homicide pertaining to the chokehold death of 30-year-old homeless man Jordan Neely in 2023.