Rowghani worked in finance at Pixar for nine years, serving as Chief Financial Officer between 2002 and 2008.[3][4] He helped with the restructuring of Disney Animation with the entrance of John Lasseter and Ed Catmull. In 2008, he left Pixar to become CFO for Twitter, a post he held for four years until he became Twitter's Chief operating officer.[3][4]Steve Jobs attempted to dissuade him from joining Twitter.[5] He left Twitter in 2014.[6][7]
In November 2014, Rowghani joined Y Combinator as a part-time partner focusing on helping YC alumni scale their companies.[8] He launched Continuity, a $700 million investment growth-stage fund, which was closed in 2015.[9][10] He is now a managing partner of YC Continuity at Y Combinator.[11]
rowghani, persian, علی, روغنی, born, january, 1973, iranian, born, american, businessman, born, 1973, january, 1973, irannationalityamericanalma, materstanford, university, occupationcoo, twitteremployertwitterhe, raised, dallas, texas, where, attended, mark, . Ali Rowghani Persian علی روغنی born 21 January 1973 is an Iranian born American businessman 1 Ali RowghaniBorn 1973 01 21 January 21 1973 age 49 IranNationalityAmericanAlma materStanford University B A M B A OccupationCOO of TwitterEmployerTwitterHe was raised in Dallas Texas where he attended the St Mark s School of Texas graduating in 1991 2 He received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University in 1996 and his MBA from Stanford in 2002 Rowghani worked in finance at Pixar for nine years serving as Chief Financial Officer between 2002 and 2008 3 4 He helped with the restructuring of Disney Animation with the entrance of John Lasseter and Ed Catmull In 2008 he left Pixar to become CFO for Twitter a post he held for four years until he became Twitter s Chief operating officer 3 4 Steve Jobs attempted to dissuade him from joining Twitter 5 He left Twitter in 2014 6 7 In November 2014 Rowghani joined Y Combinator as a part time partner focusing on helping YC alumni scale their companies 8 He launched Continuity a 700 million investment growth stage fund which was closed in 2015 9 10 He is now a managing partner of YC Continuity at Y Combinator 11 See also EditNotable alumni of St Mark s School of TexasReferences Edit If U S travel ban crushes Silicon Valley can Asia pick up the pieces South China Morning Post 2017 02 03 Retrieved 2019 03 18 Alumni Return to Campus 3 May 2016 a b Former Twitter COO Ali Rowghani To Lead Y Combinator s 700 Million Growth Fund TechCrunch 15 October 2015 Retrieved 2019 03 18 a b Ex Pixar And Twitter Exec Ali Rowghani Joins Y Combinator As A Part Time Partner TechCrunch 7 November 2014 Retrieved 2019 03 18 10 People Who Actually Said No to Steve Jobs Complex Retrieved 2022 06 03 Meet Twitter s Mr Fix It Ali Rowghani April 29 2014 Yoree Koh WSJ com Yarow Jay June 12 2014 Twitter COO is out Business Insider Former Twitter exec Ali Rowghani joins Y Combinator as a part time partner November 6 2014 Kia Kokalitcheva VentureBeat com Garry Tan Says Goodbye to Y Combinator TechCrunch 6 November 2015 Retrieved 2019 03 18 Peisner David 2018 10 23 Dara Khosrowshahi and 39 other Iranians who power Silicon Valley Fast Company Retrieved 2019 03 18 People www ycombinator com Retrieved 2019 03 18 This article about an Iranian businessperson is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about an American businessperson born in the 1970s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ali Rowghani amp oldid 1122851827, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
