Ali Partovi: CEO of Neo, Co-Founder of Code.org, Angel Investor

Trailblazers by Erica Wenger · Aug 29, 2023 · 52m

This week we chat with fellow twin, Ali Partovi!

Ali Partovi is CEO of Neo, a diverse community of tech veterans coming together to invest in the leaders of tomorrow. Neo identifies awesome undergrads, connects them with other community members, and invests in companies they start or join. Ali was born in Tehran and lived through the Iran-Iraq war. He studied CS at Harvard. His first startup, LinkExchange, was acquired in 1998. He has backed Airbnb, Dropbox, Facebook, & Uber. He co-founded Code.org to promote CS education. Ali is passionate about sustainable food and loves climbing, guitar…