Ali Partovi

Ali Partovi heads Neo, a diverse mentorship community and VC fund that identifies America’s most promising CS students and helps them become tomorrow’s tech leaders. Ali invests in people smarter than himself and has backed Airbnb, Dropbox, Facebook, & Uber. He grew up in Tehran during the Iran-Iraq war, attended Harvard, and sold his first startup, LinkExchange, in 1998. He co-founded Code.org (Hour of Code) to bring Computer Science to classrooms. He’s passionate about education, diversity in tech, and sustainable food; and loves climbing, guitar, puzzles, and family.