Daniel Penny has landed a Powerhouse -Financial career, only two months after he was acquitted in the Subway Chokehold case about the death of Jordan Neely.
The 26-year-old ex-Marine was picked up by Silicon Valley Investment Firm Andreessen Horowitz, according to an internal memo obtained by the free press.
“He will learn the company of investing and he will work to support our portfolio companies,” wrote David Ulevitch, a general partner at the company, in the memorandum.
The heavyweight of the finances was also about the seismic lawsuit of Penny, which Bitter divided into racial, political and social lines.
Ulevitch praised Penny's 'courage' and urged colleague employees of the investment firm not to bring him to 'worst moment' in his life.
“I believe, as I know that many of you do that, Daniel acted with courage in a tough situation,” he wrote to the staff in the memo. “He was acquitted of all charges.
“Furthermore, it has always been our policy to evaluate the whole person and not to judge them at the worst moment in their entire lives.”
Penny, who will be located in the headquarters of the company in Manhattan, already has an author page on the website of the company, with his headshot next to their logo.
Daniel Penny has landed a powerhouse career in Silicon Valley, only two months after he is acquitted in the Subway Chokehold case about the death of Jordan Neely
Daniel Penny was picked up by investment firm Andreessen Horowitz. He already has an author page on the website of the company (shown above), with his headshot next to their logo
He will work for the American Dynamism branch of the company, which 'invests in founders and companies that support the national interest', according to the page.
Ulevitch said Penny will strengthen the relationships of the company with the Ministry of Defense and Public Safety sector, based on its military background.
It is a big comeback for Penny, whose fate was in balance only two months ago when he was confronted in prison for up to 20 years if he was convicted of Neely's death.
Penny's life changed forever on May 1, 2023, then Neely, a black homeless Man and Michael Jackson Imitator with more than 40 previous arrests, walked in his metro car.
Neely, 30, who had a history of mental disorders, began to 'threaten' passengers until Penny placed him in a chokehold that he had learned in the Marines during his time in the Marines, as trapped on the camera. Neely died shortly thereafter.
Penny was confronted with a six -week process at the Manhattan Supreme Court, in what became one of the most controversial things in New York City. The courtroom was packed with journalists and the families of both Penny and Neely.
The freedom of the former marine hung through a thread at the end of his trial in December when officers of justice took a bombing of the death to drop the manslaughter against him because the jury was blown.
By moving ahead with lesser accusations of negligent murder, the jury later returned a non-culprit judgment and led to a small smile from Penny in the courtroom.
Neely's father, Andre Zachery, shot the decision outside the courthouse. “It really hurts,” he said. “I had had enough of this. The system is rigged. '
Penny with his mother, Gina Flaim, on November 19
Some greeted Penny as a 'hero' for defending colleague -'s Yorkers against an imminent passenger, while others thought that Neely deserved justice by a conviction.
Black Lives Matter condemned the incident as a racist murder of a mentally ill black man by an overy white military believers.
One of their leaders, Walter 'Hawk' Newsome, who said he was Neely's uncle, even went as far as threatening Penny in court with 'Black Vigilante' action.
He shouted: 'It is a small F ** King world, buddy', in the midst of the chaos that followed on the verdict announced on December 9 in the Supreme Court of Manhattan.
Then Newsome said with media and later protesters outside the courthouse that it was time for 'Black Vigilantes'.
'Everyone has vigilant. We need some black civilian guards, “he said.
“People want to jump up and choke and kill us because we are loud, what about the same when they try to suppress us.”
The day after he was not found guilty, Penny sat down with judge Jeanine Pirro and revealed that he would have felt responsible “if someone was injured” after the Neely threatened to kill people on board the train.
“The fault I would have felt if someone were injured if he did what he threatened to do, I could never live by myself,” Penny said.
Neely's father, Andre Zachery, shot the decision outside the courthouse. “It really hurts,” he said. “I had had enough of this. The system is rigged. (Shown: Jordan Neely)
Penny, 26, joined President-Elect Donald Trump and future vice-president JD Vance at the Army-Navy match in December 2024, days after he was acquitted in the Manhattan trial
He told the former judge that he had the feeling that he was 'in a very vulnerable position' while he kept Neely on the floor of an F train.
“He just threatened to kill people. He threatened to go to prison forever, going to prison for the rest of his life, and now I am on the ground with him.
'I am standing on my back in a very vulnerable position … If I just let him go, I am now on my back and can he turn around and start doing what he said – to me … kill, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, “Penny explained.
Although the case caused the attention of whirlwind throughout the country, Penny said that he is 'not a confrontational person' and someone who prefers to stay out of the spotlight.
Penny was last spotted on the metro and read a book mid -January. He seemed relaxed and wore a scarf that covered his hair in a photo that is shared online.
He received support from President Donald Trump invited him for his suite As a VIP guest together with JD Vance for one Army-Navy football match In December.
