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By Anu Sukhija [ 18/09/2008 ] Publishing Free Articles Zone articles is subject to our Publisher's Terms Of Service |
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When Gurbaksh Chahal was 3, his parents came to America because of instability in India and stayed with their friends in San Jose. Gurbaksh lived with his grandmother and other siblings in Tarn Taran in the Punjab. He came to the United States a year later, flying from New Delhi to San Francisco. His started his schooling in America.
When Gurbaksh Chahal was 15, he was able to take college courses while still in high school on the campus of what is now Evergreen Valley College. His parents wanted him to be either a doctor or an engineer; however, Gurbaksh didn’t like science. He used to spend most of his time while surfing and watching CNBC and learning about the stock market.
One day, he noticed that a company called “DoubleClick” was providing Internet Ad services. He didn’t know how to program, but realized that advertisers would need a way to track visits online. He wanted to buy software to help him, and found a guy in London who had technology that he offered him for $30,000. Gurbaksh didn’t have the money; however he made arrangements to pay him 90 days after he tested the software. Thereafter Gurbaksh went online and incorporated the company for $99 with the help of his brother.
After three months, Gurbaksh had made $100,000 in revenue. He realized he had a business. G named it “ClickAgents”. Within a year, he had $1 million a month in revenue. Then, an investment bank called and asked him if he was interested in selling ClickAgents. After completing all formalities and paper work he finally sold ClickAgents for $40 million.
Thereafter Gurbaksh went on to found his second company named “BlueLithium”. BlueLithium was the next generation ad network focusing on data, optimization, and analytics and was a pioneer of behavioral targeting. Under his leadership, BlueLithium was named one of the top 100 private companies in America and in 2006 received highest honor as Top Innovator of the Year. In October 2008, Yahoo bought the company for $300 million cash, making him a multi-millionaire.
Through his vision and leadership, Chahal has now created companies worth over $340 million, and by the age of 26, has amassed a net worth of over $100 million. To read more about Gurbaksh Chahal, please visit the site http://www.chahal.com
About the author:
Gurbaksh Chahal is the founder of several advertising companies. He is the founder of BlueLithium and ClickAgents. BlueLithium was an ad network focused on data, optimization, analytics and a pioneer of behavioral targeting. You can also visit his blog (Gurbaksh Chahal - Founder of BlueLithium and Click Agents ) to learn more about his past, present and future projects.
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