Kiersten Hollars Moves From Aol Comm VP To Andreessen Partner
Kiersten Hollars is moving from AOL VP to Partner at Andreessen, we’ve confirmed. From her former boss Brad Garlinghouse, “Kiersten is a rock star… ran all of PR and marketing for the entire mobile, apps &a commerce team. [She was] a loved manager of the team and cultural ambassador of what the AOL culture *should* be!!”
Hollars will be reporting to Margit Wennmachers who has been recruiting her for an entire year. Her formal title will be “PR Partner” at A16z.
Hollars has gone from Outcast to Yahoo to Digg to Aol, following exec Brad Garlinghouse in his career. “She has great experience and is just a gem of a person,” Wennmachers told me on why she hired her. Her primary duties include helping to scale the marketing and PR efforts for all 80 companies in the A16Z portfolio. “She’s going to be plenty busy,” Wennmachers said.
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