Brian Roberts is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, working with the American Dynamism and AI Apps funds. He previously served as CFO of Lyft and Splunk, led corporate development at Microsoft and Walmart eCommerce, and was a senior managing director at Evercore.
Brian Roberts is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, working with the American Dynamism and AI Apps funds. He previously served as CFO of Lyft and Splunk, led corporate development at Microsoft and Walmart eCommerce, and was a senior managing director at Evercore.
Career
Brian Roberts holds a BA, Economics from University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Independent Director at Docusign from 2026-03 to PresentServes on the board and joined its Audit Committee in April 2026.
General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) from 2024-10 to PresentWorks with the American Dynamism and AI Apps funds.
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Splunk from 2023-01 to 2024-09Led finance during a period of cash-flow growth and Cisco’s acquisition of Splunk.
Chief Financial Officer at Lyft from 2014-11 to 2021-12Led finance through Lyft’s growth and 2019 IPO; after resigning as an employee, provided transition advice under a separate consulting agreement.
Senior Vice President, Business Development and Strategy at Walmart Global eCommerce from 2011-05 to 2014-10Led business development and strategy for Walmart’s global eCommerce business.Investing Announcements
Cosigns Received
Logan GreenCo-founder of Lyft and Venture Partner at Autotech Ventures
Brian built high-performing teams, relentlessly championed new growth initiatives, and was instrumental in helping us scale the business.