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Gurbaksh Singh Chahal
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Gurbaksh Chahal at 2019
Born (1982-07-17) July 17, 1982 (age 42)[1]
Tarn Taran Sahib, Punjab, India
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, writer, philanthropist
Years active1998–present
Known forFounder of ClickAgents, BlueLithium, RadiumOne, Gravity4, Taara Labs, RedLotus
WebsiteGurbakshChahal.com

Gurbaksh Singh Chahal (born July 17, 1982) is an Indian-American internet entrepreneur, noted for founding several internet advertising companies. He has been convicted twice for domestic violence and battery crimes, in 2013 and 2018.[2][3][4][5]

Personal life

Chahal was born to Avtar Singh and Arjinder Chahal in Tarn Taran Sahib, a city in India’s Punjab state. In 1985 at age four he moved with his family to San Jose, California. Chahal dropped out of high school at age sixteen to pursue a career in Internet advertising.[6] He has a sister Kamal Kaur, who is now the chairwoman and CEO of DaVinci Marketing Cloud[7], and an elder brother Taj Chahal.[8]

Domestic violence and battery conviction

In August 2013, Chahal was charged by the San Francisco District Attorney's Office with domestic violence.[9] On April 16, 2014, Chahal pleaded guilty to one charge of domestic violence battery and one charge of battery, for which he was sentenced to three years' probation, a 52-week domestic violence training course, and 25 hours of community service.[10] After this domestic violence incident, Chahal was fired as CEO of RadiumOne by the company's board of directors on April 27, 2014.[11][12][3]

In 2016, after evidence emerged of a second domestic violence incident, a court found he had violated his probation. Chahal was sentenced to one year in jail, but the sentence was stayed pending appeal.[13][14] In April 2018, a California state appeals court upheld the 2016 ruling. The court found Chahal guilty of violating his probation when he attacked a woman a year after his domestic violence conviction for beating a different woman in his San Francisco penthouse.[5] Chahal spent six months in San Francisco County Jail for the probation violation.[15][16]

Career

Chahal started his career buying and reselling printers on eBay.[8] In 1998 Chahal founded ClickAgents, an advertising network focused on performance-based advertising, which was subsequently acquired by ValueClick (now part of Alliance Data) in 2000 with $5.3 million of its shares.[17] In 2002 Chahal along with his elder brother launched a restaurant Planet Bollywood; it burned down soon afterwards and was not restarted.[8]

In 2004, Chahal founded BlueLithium, a company that specialized in behavioral targeting, a technique whereby web users' habits online are tracked in order to show customized ads.[18][19] It went on to be widely hailed in the ad-tech industry[4] and in 2007, Yahoo! bought Blue Lithium for $300 million in cash.[20] He had also launched a social network MingleNow, for the socioeconomically affluent populace which was accorded a partnership deal by Anheuser-Busch.[4]

In 2009, Chahal founded RadiumOne, another online ad company[21][22] and remained its CEO before being fired, due to conviction of domestic violence.[11][12][3] RadiumOne was later acquired by RhythmOne.[23] In July 2014, Chahal launched Gravity4, his fourth technology company in online advertising (the company has since been renamed DaVinci Marketing Cloud).[24][25]

In 2019, Chahal founded RedLotus in Hong Kong.[26]

Publications

  • The Dream: How I Learned the Risks and Rewards of Entrepreneurship and Made Millions, Palgrave Macmillan (October 23, 2008) ISBN 0-230-61095-1

References

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  2. ^ Hoge, Patrick (April 17, 2014). "Ad mogul Gurbaksh "G" Chahal pleads guilty to two misdemeanors, all others dismissed in domestic violence case". San Francisco Business Times.
  3. ^ a b c Weissmann, Jordan (2014-04-24). "RadiumOne founder: Pleads guilty to domestic abuse". Slate.com. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
  4. ^ a b c Carson, Biz (August 14, 2016) “The rise and fall of Gurbaksh Chahal: How one tech CEO went from fame, fortune, and Oprah's couch to possible jail time.” Business Insider. (Retrieved April 9, 2017).
  5. ^ a b Ma, Annie (April 27, 2018) "Court upholds ruling against SF tech mogul Chahal in domestic violence case." San Francisco Chronicle. (Retrieved June 11, 2018.)
  6. ^ Zinko, Carolyne (October 26, 2008). "Advice from young millionaire Gurbaksh Chahal". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
  7. ^ "Gurbaksh Chahal out as Gravity4 CEO after probation ruling".
  8. ^ a b c "The rise and fall of Gurbaksh Chahal: How one tech CEO went from fame, fortune, and Oprah's couch to possible jail time".
  9. ^ Sabatini, Joshua. "DA: Internet mogul hit girlfriend 117 times over a half-hour period | Crime & Courts | San Francisco | San Francisco Examiner". Sfexaminer.com. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
  10. ^ Nagle, Rob (September 9, 2015). "RadiumOne Worked to Save IPO Amid Scandal". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  11. ^ a b Swisher, Kara. "Exclusive: CEO Gurbaksh Chahal Fired by RadiumOne Board". Recode. recode.net/. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  12. ^ a b "It's time for RadiumOne's abusive CEO to go - Fortune". Finance.fortune.cnn.com. 2014-04-25. Archived from the original on 2014-06-01. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
  13. ^ Rainey, Libby (12 Aug 2016). "Tech mogul Gurbaksh Chahal gets 1 year in domestic violence case". San Francisco Chroncile. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  14. ^ Conger, Kate (1 September 2016). "Despite looming jail time, Gurbaksh Chahal is back as Gravity4 CEO". TechCrunch. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  15. ^ Sernoffsky, Evan (August 31, 2018) "Tearful tech mogul Gurbaksh Chahal jailed for probation violation." San Francisco Chronicle. (Retrieved September 1, 2018.)
  16. ^ "Silicon Valley Internet Mogul Gurbaksh Chahal Sentenced to 6 Months in Domestic Violence Case".
  17. ^ Editors (November 3, 2000) “ValueClick acquires Click Agents.” Advertising Age. (Retrieved April 9, 2017).
  18. ^ "The Times". Business.timesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-03-01. (subscription required)
  19. ^ Ferenstein, Gregory (2011-03-29). "RadiumOne CEO on His McDonald's Rejection, Social Ads, and Do-Not-Track Legislation | Fast Company | Business + Innovation". Fast Company. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
  20. ^ Hendrickson, Mark (September 4, 2007) “Yahoo! Acquires Ad Network BlueLithium.” TechCrunch. (Retrieved April 9, 2017.)
  21. ^ "gWallet raises $12.5M for more ethical virtual currency/offers system | VentureBeat | Business | by Dean Takahashi". VentureBeat. 2009-12-01. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
  22. ^ McMahan, Ty (October 18, 2010). "New Ad Network RadiumOne Aims To Tap Social 'Mega Trend'". The Wall Street Journal.
  23. ^ "RadiumOne acquired by RhythmOne | Mobile Marketing Magazine". mobilemarketingmagazine.com.
  24. ^ "Gurbaksh Chahal". HuffingtonPost. 2018-06-09. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  25. ^ Editors (January 31, 2018) "Name Change Marks Renaissance for Gravity4." MrWeb.com (Retrieved June 11, 2016.)
  26. ^ "Post RadiumOne, Gurbaksh Chahal seeks success again with RedLotus; in talks to raise $50 mn". Techcircle. 2019-11-12. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
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