Ali Partovi

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Ali is the SVP of Business Development for MySpace, and is based in San Francisco. He joined MySpace in October of 2009.

He is the former CEO of iLike. Prior to iLike, Ali established himself as an entrepreneur by co-founding LinkExchange, which was acquired by Microsoft for $265 million in 1998. Ali also co-founded “DrinkExchange,” a monthly social event that spread from San Francisco to Washington, London, Tokyo, and Sydney. After leaving Microsoft, Ali co-wrote a feature film and started a band, both of which failed.

In 2002 Ali led the effort to save GarageBand.com from being shut down and has been with the company since. In 2006 Ali recruited his twin brother Hadi to help start iLike, and today they run iLike (which owns GarageBand) together. Ali is an avid music lover and wannabe guitarist.

Milestones

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  Ali Partovi invested in iLike. (2002)
  Posted 5/14/08 at 10:54pm
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  Ali Partovi added a position as CEO at iLike.
  Posted 7/17/07 at 3:54am
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  Ali Partovi added a position as SVP Business Development at MySpace.
  Posted 10/14/09 at 9:12pm

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1. GarageBand.com Announces New CEO and Business Strategy (garageband.com) [edit]