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.

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.

Penny was hired by Andreessen Horowitz, a Silicon Valley firm, co-founded by Marc Andreessen, who strongly backed Trump in the 2024 election, The New York Times reported. According to his employee page on the firm’s website, Penny will work on Andreessen Horowitz’s American Dynamism team as a deal partner.

Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran acquitted in the subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely, has landed a new job in Silicon Valley. He’s been hired by Andreessen Horowitz, a

Penny, 26, was acquitted of criminally negligent homicide and manslaughter after his 2023 murder of Jordan Neely, 30, whom he forced him to the ground and held around the neck until Neely died on a subway ride.

Daniel Penny has been hired by Andreessen Horowitz as a deal partner on their American Dynamism team A prominent venture capital firm And

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 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.