Divyank Turakhia
Divyank Turakhia | |
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Born |
Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India | January 29, 1982
Residence | Dubai, Los Angeles, Mumbai |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation |
Founder & CEO of Media.Net Founder of Directi Founder & CEO of Skenzo |
Known for | Serial Internet Entrepreneur |
Net worth |
US$400 million (2014)[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 $400 million.[3] [4] [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
Notes
- ↑ Economic Times - Oct 2014
- ↑ 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
- ↑ http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/its-buy-back-time-for-the-turakhia-bros/articleshow/44820485.cms
- ↑ http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-09-30/news/54475402_1_directi-turakhia-brothers-business-partners
- ↑ http://www.medianama.com/2014/10/223-directi-media-net-buyback/
- ↑ Bloomberg features Divyank Turakhia on its Winning Warrior's show
- ↑ Money Today: Soft Start, sharp growth - Sept 2008
- ↑ Financial Express - Jan 2008 - Divyank Turakhia featured as New Business Leader
- ↑ Economic Times - May 2007 - The byte kings
- ↑ BusinessWeek - Aug 2006 - Asia's Best Young Entrepreneurs
- ↑ CNBC features Divyank & Bhavin Turakhia - July 2006
- ↑ Turakhia on Bloomberg discussing India's budget
- ↑ Rediff - 'We would hire 500 good people today!'
- ↑ Express Computers
- ↑ Westside Plus - "Go, Get It!"
- ↑ Business Standard - Gadgets used by Divyank Turakhia
- ↑ The Times of India - Nov 2007
- ↑ India Today: Aspire: Starting Early
- ↑ Turakhia launches Yahoo! Bing Network Contextual Ads - Sept 2012
- ↑ Yahoo Resurrects Its AdSense, With a Partner Media.net handles publisher side of network
- ↑ Rodgers, Zach. (2012-09-27) Yahoo Launches New Contextual Ad Net. Why Now?. Adexchanger.com. Retrieved on 2013-10-09.
- ↑ Yahoo joins Media.net for contextual ads
- ↑ Yahoo partners with Media.net for publisher ad network
- ↑ Yahoo, Media.net Team On Contextual Ads