Leadership
Director
Mr. Partovi is the CEO and co-founder of the non-profit education organization Code.org and has served as a director on the board of MNTN, Inc., a private company, since 2023. Mr. Partovi is a past or present strategic advisor or early investor at numerous technology companies, including Facebook, Dropbox, Uber, Airbnb, SpaceX and Zappos. From 2009 through 2010, Mr. Partovi was Senior Vice President of Technology for MySpace (via acquisition) and, from 2006 through 2009, he was President and co-founder of iLike, Inc., which was acquired by MySpace in 2009. From 2002 through 2005, Mr. Partovi was General Manager, Microsoft MSN Entertainment and MSN.com and, from 1999 through 2001, he was Co-Founder and Vice President of Product and Professional Services for Tellme Networks, Inc. From 1994 through 1999, he was Program Manager for Microsoft Internet Explorer. Mr. Partovi holds a B.A. and a M.S. in Computer Science, summa cum laude, from Harvard University.