A16Z HIRES FUNITED Former Marine Daniel Penny as an investor

The Powerhouse Venture company Andreessen Horowitz has hired Daniel Penny as an investor, confirms its website.

Penny is the former marine tried last year and not found guilty of criminally negligent murder in the death of a homeless man on a New York City metro. After the man acted irregularly, Penny held him in a choke team and the man was later declared dead. The case Polarized the nation.

Penny has no background in investment but A16Z plans to train him, according to a Internal statement obtained by Free PressThere the news broke. Penny will work in the American dynamic practice that invests in government and defense technology.

A16Z rejected further comments.