Here's some friendly advice for tech investor Marc Andreessen: Don't poke bears.
Andreessen, who sits on the boards of Facebook and eBay, opened Pandora's box this week when he called billionaire investor Carl Icahn an "evil Captain Kirk."
"He starts off bomb-throwing … he lies, he just makes stuff up, he slanders," Andreessen said on CNBC, discussing activist investors.
The next day, on Thursday, Icahn shot back, saying the Andreessen Horowitz partner has "screwed more people than Cassanova." Icahn also poked fun of the 43-year-old's "squeaky voice."
It's so high-pitched that "only a dog" can hear it, Icahn said, also on CNBC.
But Icahn, who fought with Andreessen earlier this year over eBay, let loose more than just zingers. The Far Rockaway, Queens, native also accused Andreessen of violating a non-disparagement agreement he signed earlier this year to end his feud with Icahn.
"We had a non-disparagement agreement, which he blatantly violated. The board shouldn't keep him on," Icahn told The Post.
When asked whether he might go after Andreessen's board seat personally, Icahn left his intentions vague. "We will consider anything that will enhance value for all shareholders," he said.
The East Coast-West Coast beef between hedgie and techie started over Icahn's push earlier this year to have eBay spin off PayPal. PayPal would be worth more as a stand-alone company, he said.
eBay directors, including Andreessen, rejected the idea, leading Icahn to push for two board seats before giving up the fight in April.
Last month, eBay did an about-face and announced plans to spin off PayPal next year. Andreessen dismissed Icahn's role, saying it doesn't take "a super high IQ" to call for a breakup.
Now, Icahn is also threatening to reopen his legal probe into Andreessen's alleged conflicts at eBay.
When agitating at eBay earlier this year, Icahn blasted the tech investor for profiting from Internet voice company Skype after eBay sold it to a group of investors that included Andreessen for $1.9 billion.
Eighteen months after buying Skype, the investors turned around and sold it to Microsoft for $8.5 billion.
Icahn, who put aside his probe of Andreessen in April, said in the CNBC interview that he thinks the tech investor is holding a grudge because he prevented Andreessen from pulling a similar stunt with PayPal.
"I believe he was planning to steal PayPal just like he stole Skype," Icahn said.
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