Rowghani worked in finance at Pixar for nine years, serving as Chief Financial Officer between 2002 and 2008.[3][4] He helped with the restructuring of Disney Animation with the entrance of John Lasseter and Ed Catmull. In 2008, he left Pixar to become CFO for Twitter, a post he held for four years until he became Twitter's Chief operating officer.[3][4]Steve Jobs attempted to dissuade him from joining Twitter.[5] He left Twitter in 2014.[6][7]
In November 2014, Rowghani joined Y Combinator as a part-time partner focusing on helping YC alumni scale their companies.[8] He launched Continuity, a $700 million investment growth-stage fund, which was closed in 2015.[9][10] He is now a managing partner of YC Continuity at Y Combinator.[11]
