A native of Silicon Valley, Ghaffary had a passion for writing software at a young age. He went on to earn degrees in computer science at University of Southern California (USC) and an MBA from Harvard Business School and a JD from Harvard Law School. Ghaffary started his investing career at Summit Partners after graduate school. In addition to co-founding three startups, serving as VP of Business Development at Yelp, CEO of Eat24, and general partner at Social Capital, Ghaffary has been a prolific angel investor.