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Daniel Penny lands job at powerhouse venture capital firm Andreesen Horowitz less than 2 months after acquittal in Jordan Neely’s death: ‘Acted with courage’
nypost.com ^ | Feb. 4, 2025 | Anna Young

Posted on 02/05/2025 5:27:46 AM PST by V_TWIN

Daniel Penny landed a cushy job at a powerhouse Silicon Valley venture capital firm less than two months after he was acquitted in the subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely. The Marine veteran was hired by Andreesen Horowitz to work in Manhattan as a deal partner on the firm’s American Dynamism team, which invests in government and defense tech, according to the company’s website. Penny was lauded for his “courage” in an internal memo sent to all employees Tuesday afternoon.


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1 posted on 02/05/2025 5:27:46 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: V_TWIN

Good for him! 👍


2 posted on 02/05/2025 5:28:19 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!ly)
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To: V_TWIN

Working in a place like that will also take some courage.


3 posted on 02/05/2025 5:30:53 AM PST by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: V_TWIN

I’m so glad he’s doing good. 👏👏


4 posted on 02/05/2025 5:35:05 AM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: V_TWIN

The guy sounds like a moron if he actually plans to live and work in NY and ride that toilet of a subway every day.


5 posted on 02/05/2025 5:51:17 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Well, maybe I'm a little rough around the edges; inside a little hollow.” -- Tom Petty, “Rebels”)
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To: V_TWIN

‘Penny was lauded for his “courage” in an internal memo sent to all employees Tuesday afternoon.’

Did they say this in the internal memo in order to prevent anyone in the company from giving him any crap?


6 posted on 02/05/2025 6:06:26 AM PST by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
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To: Alberta's Child

No, he doesn’t. He sounds like a man. A boss. Someone who’s not gonna let a bunch of pussies push him around.


7 posted on 02/05/2025 6:06:39 AM PST by bigdaddy45
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To: bigdaddy45
If that motivates him to live and work in a Nazi jurisdiction, then I wish him all the best.

Personally, if my name was Shlomo Rabinowitz, I wouldn’t call it “courageous” to accept a lucrative job offer to work in the Munich offices of Goldman Sachs in 1936.

8 posted on 02/05/2025 6:20:39 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Well, maybe I'm a little rough around the edges; inside a little hollow.” -- Tom Petty, “Rebels”)
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To: House Atreides

Me too. I’m glad he’s still doing good and also doing well.


9 posted on 02/05/2025 7:06:44 AM PST by Savage Beast (The constant enemy of wise men is the unslakable flame of desire, by which wisdom is concealed.)
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To: V_TWIN

Who do I gotta kill to get a job like that?


10 posted on 02/05/2025 2:48:51 PM PST by cport (How can political capital be spent on a bunch of ingrates)
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I wish him well....But am betting he will re-enlist in the Marines and rise through the ranks.

God...Watch over him!!

11 posted on 02/05/2025 3:41:30 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: cport

“Who do I gotta kill to get a job like that?”

Just go into the NYC subway system......you’ll find one.


12 posted on 02/05/2025 3:54:20 PM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!ly)
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