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.

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

Vice President Vance celebrated the news that the prestigious venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz hired Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran who was acquitted two months ago of a negligent homicide

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.

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

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.

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.

Marc Andreessen backed the Republican ticket in the presidential election, and Vice President JD Vance cheered the news of the hire.