Divyank Turakhia

Divyank Turakhia
Born January 29, 1982
Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
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

IncreaseUS$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

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