Palo Alto, Calif. - Online social network Facebook has announced that Marc Andreessen, Netscape co-founder and current chairman of white-label social networking platform Ning, has joined its board of directors. "Marc is an industry leader, and we're fortunate to have him join our board," said Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. "He has experience that is relevant to Facebook in so many ways: scaling companies that are experiencing extraordinary growth, creating successful technology platforms, and building strong engineering organizations. I know Marc will be a great mentor to me and our leadership team."

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