Hadi Partovi

Hadi Partovi is an entrepreneur, investor and co-founder of Code.org, an education non-profit dedicated to growing computer science education. A graduate of Harvard University, Hadi began his career during the browser wars in the 1990s, when he was Microsoft’s Group Program Manager for Internet Explorer. Hadi was also General Manager of MSN.com where he helped deliver 30% annual growth and MSN’s only year of profit.

As an entrepreneur, he was on the founding teams of Tellme (acquired by Microsoft) and iLike (acquired by MySpace).

As an angel investor and startup advisor, Hadi’s portfolio includes Facebook, Zappos, Dropbox, airbnb, OPOWER, Flixster, Bluekai, TASER, and many others. He also serves on the board of Taser International.

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