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Gurbaksh Chahal

Gurbaksh Singh Chahal (born July 17, 1982) is an Indian-American entrepreneur who has founded, managed, and frequently sold several internet advertising companies.

Chahal founded his first advertising network at the age of 16 and two years later became a millionaire after selling it to ValueClick for nearly $40 million. In 2004, he co-founded BlueLithium, which went on to become the fifth-largest internet advertising network in the United States before being sold to Yahoo in a $300 million deal. Chahal has since founded other internet-based companies including RadiumOne, Gravity4, and BNN Breaking. He is currently the CEO of VendorCloud and RedLotus.

In 2010, ''Bloomberg Businessweek'' named him to its list of the 15 best young entrepreneurs of the year. In April 2011, ''Men's Health'' called him one of "The World’s Richest and Fittest Guys", reporting his net worth to be $150 million. The next year, Chahal was listed among the 25 richest entrepreneurs under the age of 30 by ''Complex'' magazine, and in 2013 he was one of Ernst and Young's entrepreneurs of the year.

Also in 2013, Chahal went to trial on charges of domestic violence and battery; although he pleaded not guilty, he was convicted and sentenced to probation. He was fired as CEO of RadiumOne by the board of directors. In 2016, after he was charged with domestic violence against a second woman, his probation was revoked. He resigned as CEO of Gravity4 and served six months in jail. Provided by Wikipedia