Ĭhahal was an average student during schooling, he brought B and C grades in studies. At the age of 10, he was forced to remove his turban, at knife-point. He has claimed of being subject to intense racial bullying from the age of 5 in the local elementary school. His family was devout followers of Sikhism and Chahal and his brother used to wear turban, a type of headwear based on cloth winding. He has two elder sisters - Nirmal and Kamal, and an elder brother Taj Chahal the latter two had worked with Chahal in his ventures.
His father got a job in the Postal Service his mother worked as an assistant to a nurse. The family lived in a one-bedroom apartment in San Jose, California. He emigrated the following year, at age four. Chahal was raised by his grandmother for a short time. In 1985, during the aftermath of the Khalistani insurgency, Chahal's parents emigrated to the United States, his father having won a green card lottery and stayed with friends in San Jose. His father, Avtar Singh, was a police officer and mother, Arjinder Chahal, was a nurse in Tarn Taran Sahib, who started as a hospital orderly and later became a registered nurse. 5.1 Domestic violence and battery convictionĬhahal was born on July 17, 1982, in Tarn Taran Sahib, a city near Amritsar in India's Punjab state, in a Sikh family.He resigned as CEO of Gravity4 and served six months in jail. In 2016, after he was charged with domestic violence against a second woman, his probation was revoked. In court he pled not guilty, but he was terminated from his role as CEO of RadiumOne by the board of directors. In 2013, Chahal was convicted of domestic violence and battery and was sentenced to probation. In April 2011, Men's Health reported his net worth to be $150 million. In 2013, he was named as one of the entrepreneurs of the year by Ernst and Young.
In 2012, Chahal was enlisted among the 25 richest entrepreneurs under the age of 30 by Complex magazine. In 2010, Bloomberg Businessweek named him among the 15 best young entrepreneurs of the year. He is currently the CEO of VendorCloud and RedLotus. Chahal has since founded other internet-based companies including RadiumOne and Gravity4.
In 2004, he co-founded BlueLithium, which went on to become the fifth largest ad-network in USA, before being sold to Yahoo in a $300 million deal. Gurbaksh Singh Chahal (born July 17, 1982) is an Indian-American internet entrepreneur who founded several internet advertising companies.Ĭhahal founded his first advertising network at an age of 16 and two years later, became a millionaire after selling it to ValueClick at nearly $40 million.