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How Do You Measure Leadership?
Talks about Leadership, Startup and Advice
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Ali Rowghani
Investor and former operator
San Francisco, California
Overview
Ali Rowghani is an accomplished investor and former operator, currently serving as a Managing Director at Y Combinator. With a background that includes leadership roles at Twitter and Pixar Animation Studios, he has made significant investments in a variety of sectors including GovTech, EnergyTech, and BioTech, contributing to the growth and success of companies like Webflow and Deel.
Work Experience
Managing Director
2014 - 2023
Founding Managing Director of YC's Continuity Fund.
Chief Operating Officer
2012 - 2014
Chief Financial Officer
2010 - 2012
X is a social networking platform that allows its users to send and read microblogs.
Raised $12,869,191,511.00 from Greenlight Capital, Binance, Litani Ventures, Qatar Investment Authority, Qatar Holding, The Lawrence J. Ellison Revocable Trust, Fidelity, Alwaleed Bin Talal, Sequoia Capital and Vy Capital.
Chief Financial Officer and SVP of Strategic Planning
2006 - 2010
Director
2001 - 2006
RenderMan Interface is an open API developed by Pixar Animation Studios to describe three-dimensional scenes.
Associate
1997 - 2000
McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity