Daniel Penny hired by Andreessen Horowitz, a premier Silicon Valley investment firm
Daniel Penny hired by Andreessen Horowitz, a premier Silicon Valley investment firm
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I believe, as I know many of you do, that Daniel acted with courage in a tough situation. He was acquitted of all charges’, read a memo from the firms’ general partner. The Marine veteran who strangled a fellow New York City subway passenger to death has been hired by a premier Silicon Valley investment firm – two months after he was staring at a 20-year prison sentence. Daniel Penny was acquitted of criminally negligent homicide and manslaughter in December 2024 after he grappled Jordan Neely, 30, to the ground and held him around the neck for about six minutes in a chokehold during a frantic subway ride in 2023.
![[Jordan Neely was held around the neck for about six minutes by Penny in a chokehold during a frantic subway ride in 2023]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/04/17/Subway_Chokehold_Death_74103.jpg)
Ulevitch sent the note Tuesday and went so far as to praise Penny’s heroism on that ill-fated day. He went on: “I believe, as I know many of you do, that Daniel acted with courage in a tough situation. He was acquitted of all charges. “Beyond that, it has always been our policy to evaluate the entire person and not judge them for the worst moment in their entire life.”. The general partner added that Penny’s former experience in the United States Marine Corps would bode well for the firm’s relationships with the Department of Defense and the public safety sector.
![[Following the incident, the U.S. turned on Penny, and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., indicted him for one count of manslaughter in the second degree and one count of criminally negligent homicide]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/13/16/NY-ESTRANGULAMIENTO_32187.jpg)
In the incident, on May 1, 2023, Neely, a Black homeless man, stepped onto the subway at the 2nd Avenue station and according to witnesses at the time, began “making verbal threats” to passengers. As the train arrived at the Broadway-Lafayette stop, Penny leaped into action and placed Neely in the chokehold – until he could no longer breathe and his body became motionless. Neely had a criminal history of over 40 previous arrests as well as a history of mental illness at the time of his death.
![[Jordan Neely’s death sparked national outcry in America]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/11/00/Subway_Chokehold_Death_69344.jpg)
Following the incident, the U.S. turned on Penny, and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., indicted him for one count of manslaughter in the second degree and one count of criminally negligent homicide. Penny faced four years in prison for a criminally negligent homicide charge and up to 15 years for manslaughter. While Penny managed to stay relatively under the radar during the criminal process, he suddenly appeared in December, arm in arms with the then-president-elect Donald Trump and his vice-president-elect, JD Vance at an Army v Navy American football game near Washington DC.
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