Biography:Sabeer Bhatia
Sabeer Bhatia | |
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| Born | 30 December 1968 (age 57)[1] Chandigarh, India[2] |
| Nationality | Indian-American |
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| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Hotmail.com |
| Spouse(s) | Tanya Sharma (m. 2008; div. 2013) |
| Children | 3 |
Sabeer Bhatia (born 30 December 1968)[3] is an Indian-American entrepreneur who co-founded the first free web-based email service, Hotmail.com (now Outlook.com) in 1996.[4] In 2021 he co-founded ShowReel with Javed Yunus. ShowReel initially hosted short videos for job seekers and founders. It has since turned into an AI-based entrepreneurship course.[5]
Early life and education
Bhatia was born in Chandigarh on December 30th, 1968, to Baldev Bhatia and Daman Bhatia. His father was a captain in the Indian Army, and his mother was working at the Central Bank of India.[6]
Bhatia studied at The Bishop's School, Pune. He then studied at St. Joseph's Boys' High School, Bengaluru, and St. Joseph's Pre-University College, Bengaluru. In 1985, he enrolled at BITS Pilani, where he studied for two years before earning a highly competitive transfer scholarship to the California Institute of Technology to complete his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. He then attended Stanford University, where he obtained his master’s degree in electrical engineering.[7]
Career
Bhatia briefly worked for Apple Inc, as a hardware engineer[8] and Firepower Systems Inc. He, along with his colleague Jack Smith, set up Hotmail on 4 July 1996, American Independence Day, symbolizing "freedom" from ISP-based e-mail and the ability to access a user's inbox from anywhere in the world.[9]
Bhatia started a free messaging service called JaxtrSMS. He said that JaxtrSMS would do to SMS what Hotmail did for e-mail. Claiming it to be a disruptive technology, he says that the operators will lose revenue on the reduced number of SMSes on their network but will benefit from the data plan that the user has to buy.[10] To date, JaxtrSMS service has failed to replicate the success of Hotmail.
In 2006, Sabeer proposed the construction of "Nano City", a city that would be similar to Silicon Valley in northern India.[11] It was approved by the state government of Haryana in September. By 2010, no progress had been made; the project was cancelled by the HSIIDC later that year.[12][13]
Recently[when?], he invested in email collaboration software, ccZen and another e-commerce technology provider E-junkie.
Personal life
Bhatia is of Sindhi heritage.[14][15]
Bhatia married Tanya Sharma in 2008 and they have a daughter Ariana. Later, they filed for divorce in January 2013 in a court in San Francisco, citing "irreconcilable differences".[16]
References
- ↑ Bhatia, Sabeer (10 August 2002). "Sabeer Bhatia downloaded". The Times of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/Sabeer-Bhatia-downloaded/articleshow/18682973.cms.
- ↑ Gibbs, Samuel (11 April 2014). "The most powerful Indian technologists in Silicon Valley". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/11/powerful-indians-silicon-valley.
- ↑ Bhatia, Sabeer (10 August 2002). "Sabeer Bhatia downloaded". The Times of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/Sabeer-Bhatia-downloaded/articleshow/18682973.cms.
- ↑ "Sabeer Bhatia bio". http://www.its.caltech.edu/~e106/bios/bhatia.htm.
- ↑ Rajan, Jessica (2023-10-20). "Hotmail co-founder Sabeer Bhatia's Showreel to become AI-based learning platform". The Economic Times. ISSN 0013-0389. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/startups/hotmail-cofounder-sabeer-bhatias-showreel-to-become-ai-based-learning-platform/articleshow/104573623.cms?from=mdr.
- ↑ "Sabeer Bhatia downloaded". The Times of India. 10 August 2002. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/sabeer-bhatia-downloaded/articleshow/18682973.cms.
- ↑ Partners, LCR Capital (28 June 2019). "Immigrant Profile: Sabeer Bhatia | LCR Capital Immigrant Stories". https://www.lcrcapital.com/blog/immigrant-profile-sabeer-bhatia/.
- ↑ Raj Shamani (2024-08-20). The Story Of Hotmail, Rich Lifestyle, Microsoft, Apple & Elon Musk -Sabeer Bhatia |FO242 Raj Shamani. Retrieved 2024-08-26 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Sabeer Bhatiya : The founder of "Hotmail.com"". 4to40.com. http://4to40.com/legends/print.asp?id=131.
- ↑ "AFP: Hotmail co-founder launches free SMS service". https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jPy2cfze1jjm2uZialXZlYEm33hA?docId=CNG.9bdd1d5b82f023fa74048f611ee23327.801.
- ↑ Nano City on lines of Silicon Valley in Haryana – Times Of India
- ↑ 3 yrs on, Sabeer Bhatia’s project a non-starter Indian Express, 11 May 2010
- ↑ Nano City project called off Indian Express, 7 July 2010
- ↑ Sakhrani, Tarun (4 January 2016). "The Sindhis of Sindh And Beyond". HuffPost. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tarun-sakhrani/the-sindhis-of-sindh_b_8894284.html.
- ↑ Pal, Joyojeet (30 May 2008). "Computers and the Promise of Development: Aspiration, Neoliberalism and 'Technolity' in India's ICTD enterprise". University of California at Berkeley. http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu/docs/Joyojeet_Pal.pdf.
- ↑ "Splitsville for Sabeer Bhatia and wife". The Times of India. 20 June 2013. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/splitsville-for-sabeer-bhatia-and-wife/articleshow/20678657.cms.
Further reading
- Hirahara, Naomi; Smith, Henrietta M. (2003). Distinguished Asian American Business Leaders. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 23–26. ISBN 978-1573563444. https://books.google.com/books?id=fN7_zps2kQUC&pg=PA23. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- Bronson, Po, "HotMale: Sabeer Bhatia started his company on $300,000 and sold it two years later for $400 million. So, is he lucky, or great?", Wired, Issue 6.12, December 1999
- Sabeer Bhatia; Asian American Journalists Association (2000). Asian-Americans & society. West Lafayette, Ind., C-SPAN Archives. ISBN 9781573563444. OCLC 51456022.
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