Ian Sharp

Ian Sharp is a partner on the Talent Network team, focused on technical talent.

Before joining Andreessen Horowitz, he built several technical staffing businesses from the ground up. He joined Google in 2005 and spent the next 15 years leading and scaling various talent functions including UK engineering, Americas sales, global ads, Google [X], DeepMind US, and Google Health.

Ian graduated from Leeds University with a degree in information systems. In an effort to maximize fun memories, Ian has adopted a policy of automatically responding ‘“Yes!” every time his two teenage boys ask him to participate in an activity. To date, no serious injury has occured.