[4] He earned a BA and an MA from Columbia University, majoring in philosophy,[5] and has an MBA from Harvard Business School.

[9] As of 2022, Dixon is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm in Menlo Park, California.

[13] Dixon became an early advocate for investments in Bitcoin, which he championed in various blog posts that became "something of a gospel among young crypto entrepreneurs.

"[15] In an October 2022 article titled "Andreessen Horowitz Went All In on Crypto at the Worst Possible Time", the Wall Street Journal reported that during the first half of 2022, the cryptocurrency fund founded by Dixon at Andreessen Horowitz had lost around 40% of its value, a decline "much larger than the 10% to 20% drops recorded by other venture funds, which have largely avoided the risky practice of purchasing volatile cryptocurrencies.

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