Feross Aboukhadijeh

Angel investor and a16z scout at Andreessen Horowitz

Overview

Aboukhadijeh is founder and CEO of Socket[3], a technology company that builds security infrastructure for the internet[2]. Aboukhadijeh holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Stanford University[12] and a Master's degree in Computer Science from Stanford University[11]. Aboukhadijeh has served as a visiting lecturer at Stanford University[5] and as a teaching assistant there[6]. Since 2022, Aboukhadijeh has worked as an angel investor and a16z scout at Andreessen Horowitz[1][4]. Aboukhadijeh has contributed as an open source developer to WebTorrent[8], Standard JS[7], and BitMidi[10], and worked as an open source software consultant for Brave Software[9].

Profile introduction
Source excerptLinkedIn [2]

Founder of Socket. Our mission is to improve security and privacy on the web. Socket is a technology company that builds security infrastructure for the internet. Businesses of every size—from new startups to public companies—use our software to build more securely and more quickly. Join us: https://socket.dev Resume: https://feross.org/resume

Career history

  1. Founder & CEOJun 2020 to presentSocket
  2. Angel investor and a16z scout2022 to presentAndreessen Horowitz
  3. Visiting LecturerSep 2019 to 2023Stanford University
  4. Teaching Assistant2018 to 2020Stanford University
  5. Open Source Developer2015 to 2022Standard JS
  6. Open Source Developer2013 to 2022WebTorrent
  7. Open Source Software ConsultantDec 2016 to Dec 2021Brave Software
  8. Open Source Developer2018 to 2019BitMidi

Education

  1. Master's degree, Computer Science2018 - 2020Stanford University
  2. Bachelor's degree, Computer Science2008 - 2012Stanford University

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