Divyank Turakhia

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Divyank Turakhia
Born (1982-01-29) January 29, 1982
Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Residence Dubai
Nationality Indian
Occupation Founder & CEO of Media.Net
Founder & President of Directi
Founder & CEO of Skenzo
Known for Serial Internet Entrepreneur
Net worth

IncreaseUS$350 million


(2012)[1]

Divyank Turakhia (born January 29, 1982) is a serial entrepreneur. Turakhia started his first internet business in 1996 at the age of 14. He co-founded the Directi Group (www.directi.com) in 1998 as a two person start-up with $600 and became a millionaire at age 18.[2] His net-worth today stands at over $350 million.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

Notes

  1. TheNextWeb - May 2012
  2. DNJournal Cover Story - Flying High: How Directi's Divyank Turakhia Earned His First Million at 18 and Went On to Build a Company Valued at $300 Million
  3. Bloomberg features Divyank Turakhia on its Winning Warrior's show
  4. Money Today: Soft Start, sharp growth - Sept 2008
  5. Financial Express - Jan 2008 - Divyank Turakhia featured as New Business Leader
  6. Economic Times - May 2007 - The byte kings
  7. BusinessWeek - Aug 2006 - Asia's Best Young Entrepreneurs
  8. CNBC features Divyank & Bhavin Turakhia - July 2006
  9. Turakhia on Bloomberg discussing India's budget
  10. Rediff - 'We would hire 500 good people today!'
  11. Express Computers
  12. Westside Plus - "Go, Get It!"
  13. Business Standard - Gadgets used by Divyank Turakhia
  14. The Times of India - Nov 2007
  15. India Today: Aspire: Starting Early
  16. Turakhia launches Yahoo! Bing Network Contextual Ads - Sept 2012
  17. Yahoo Resurrects Its AdSense, With a Partner Media.net handles publisher side of network
  18. Rodgers, Zach. (2012-09-27) Yahoo Launches New Contextual Ad Net. Why Now?. Adexchanger.com. Retrieved on 2013-10-09.
  19. Yahoo joins Media.net for contextual ads
  20. Yahoo partners with Media.net for publisher ad network
  21. Yahoo, Media.net Team On Contextual Ads
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