{"id":2398982,"date":"2025-02-04T21:11:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T02:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/daniel-penny-gets-surprise-of-his-life-wins-ultimate-job-lottery-after-hellish-prosecution\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T21:12:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T02:12:37","slug":"daniel-penny-gets-surprise-of-his-life-wins-ultimate-job-lottery-after-hellish-prosecution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/daniel-penny-gets-surprise-of-his-life-wins-ultimate-job-lottery-after-hellish-prosecution\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Penny Gets Surprise of His Life, Wins Ultimate Job Lottery After Hellish Prosecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdaniel-penny-gets-surprise-of-his-life-wins-ultimate-job-lottery-after-hellish-prosecution%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2398982&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Daniel Penny, known for his controversial role\u2063 in the New York \u200cCity subway incident where he protected \u200cpassengers from \u200ca <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/daniel-pennys-indictment-deserves-the-level-of-outrage-trumps-got\/\" title=\"...&#039;s indictment deserves the same level of outrage as Trump&#039;s.\">threatening homeless man<\/a>, has been hired by the prominent \u200bventure capital firm andreessen Horowitz.Following his acquittal on \u200cmanslaughter charges, Penny \u200bwill receive training in the firm&#8217;s investment practices, specifically within the\u2064 &#8220;American Dynamism&#8221; team, which <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">supports civic-minded \u200bentrepreneurs<\/a>.David\u200d Ulevitch, a general\u2063 partner at Andreessen Horowitz, praised Penny for his courageous actions and indicated that the firm evaluates individuals\u200c holistically rather than by their most challenging moments.The hiring reflects an effort to bolster the firm&#8217;s ties with the Pentagon, leveraging Penny&#8217;s background as a Marine Corps veteran. This career move comes shortly\u200c after a highly publicized legal ordeal that affected Penny\u2064 greatly,\u2064 marking a positive turn in his life.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Daniel Penny, the New York City subway hero acquitted of manslaughter charges after protecting fellow passengers from an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-accused-conservative-journalist-of-assault-but-he-has-the-incident-on-video\/\" title=\"AOC Accused Conservative Journalist of Assault, But He Has the Incident on Video\">irate homeless man<\/a>, has secured a position with the powerful venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.<\/p>\n<p>David Ulevitch, a general partner at the Silicon Valley company, revealed that Penny will be trained in the firm&rsquo;s investment practice, according to a Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/exclusive-daniel-penny-hired-at-andreessen-horowitz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from The Free Press.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He will learn the business of investing and he will work to support our portfolio companies,&rdquo; he said in a memo to employees.<\/p>\n<p>Ulevitch commended Penny for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-jury-delivers-verdict-final-charge-daniel-penny\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">actions<\/a> in New York City in the spring of 2023, which ended with the death of Jordan Neely, a homeless man with more than 40 prior arrests who was threatening passengers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I believe, as I know many of you do, that Daniel acted with courage in a tough situation,&rdquo; Ulevitch wrote.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He was acquitted of all charges,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;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.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ulevitch added that &ldquo;we believe in Daniel and are excited to have him as part of our team.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ulevitch said that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jordan-neelys-father-sues-daniel-penny-30-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Penny<\/a>, a Marine Corps veteran, will enable the firm to strengthen its relationships with the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p>Penny will work in New York for the American Dynamism practice run by the firm.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Andreessen Horowitz <a href=\"https:\/\/a16z.com\/american-dynamism\/#team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>, the American Dynamism team is &ldquo;committed to identifying and supporting civic-minded founders ready to lead America.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Penny is <a href=\"https:\/\/a16z.com\/author\/daniel-penny\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">listed<\/a> as a Deal Partner on the company website.<\/p>\n<p>It may not be a stretch to say that Penny may improve relations with the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>Penny recently had the chance to attend the Army-Navy football game with President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance, a fellow Marine Corps veteran.<\/p>\n<p>But the firm&rsquo;s founders have their own in-roads to the White House as well.<\/p>\n<p>Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz were among the litany of Silicon Valley heavyweights who broke from the progressive orthodoxy of the American technology industry and voiced their support for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Their latest hiring decision is just the most recent instance of Penny&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-daniel-penny-speaks-celebrates-acquittal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vindication<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The subway hero was subjected to a heavily politicized prosecution and a media witch hunt that unjustly plagued him for a year and a half, which certainly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/daniel-pennys-attorney-reveals-life-altering-trauma-client-went\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">changed his life<\/a> forever.<\/p>\n<p>But an excellent new career opportunity only a few weeks after his acquittal is surely a welcome development, and one that beats being locked behind bars for bogus reasons.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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As a Marine Corps veteran, Penny is expected to enhance the firm&#8217;s connections with the Pentagon and will work in their American Dynamism practice focused on supporting civic-minded founders<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2398983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Daniel-Penny.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[42466,49830,33335,49832,49831],"class_list":["post-2398982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-daniel-penny","tag-job-lottery","tag-legal-victory","tag-prosecution-outcome","tag-surprise-win"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Daniel-Penny.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2398982"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2398986,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398982\/revisions\/2398986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2398983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2398982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2398982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2398982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}