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Om Malik
Om Prakash Malik (Hindi: ॐ प्रकाश मलिक; born September 29, 1966) is an Indian-American web and technology writer. He founded and wrote content for Gigaom, which he sold in 2015 after it faced financial difficulty. He authored the book Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist and has written articles published in venues such asThe Wall Street Journal, Brandweek, and Crain Communications. He is now a partner at True Ventures.
Malik was born in and grew up in middle-class family in New Delhi. He graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi affiliated with Delhi University in 1986, with an honors degree in chemistry.
After graduating, Malik had several journalism positions in New Delhi, including with VP Fun and Newsmen Features, where he specialized in lifestyle features.
He moved to London and then spent time in Eastern Europe. He moved to New York City in 1993 to be a writer for India Abroad and then for Forbes. He was also a senior writer for Red Herring, focusing on the telecommunications sector. In late 1994, he launched DesiParty.com, an events site for Indian immigrants. Also in 1994, he co-founded the South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA). In 1995, he helped launch the now-defunct magazine, Masala, and its website Masala.com, a South Asian portal.
In 1997, Malik was on the original team at Forbes.com led by David Churbuck. In 1999, he left Forbes.com to work as an investment manager at Hambrecht & Quist Asia Pacific; his stay there lasted only a few months because he decided he preferred being a writer.
In 2000, he moved to San Francisco, California to write for Business 2.0 magazine. In 2001, he started Gigaom, a blog. The website had a monthly global audience of over 500,000, and was among the top 50 blogs worldwide by Technorati rank. It was listed in the Blog 100 Index by CNET.
His book, Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist, was released in 2003. It investigated fraud by telecom companies during the dot-com bubble.
Malik announced on June 12, 2006, that he was going to work on Gigaom full-time, although he continued to be a contributing editor and had a regular column in Business 2.0 until its demise in October 2007.
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Om Malik
Om Prakash Malik (Hindi: ॐ प्रकाश मलिक; born September 29, 1966) is an Indian-American web and technology writer. He founded and wrote content for Gigaom, which he sold in 2015 after it faced financial difficulty. He authored the book Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist and has written articles published in venues such asThe Wall Street Journal, Brandweek, and Crain Communications. He is now a partner at True Ventures.
Malik was born in and grew up in middle-class family in New Delhi. He graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi affiliated with Delhi University in 1986, with an honors degree in chemistry.
After graduating, Malik had several journalism positions in New Delhi, including with VP Fun and Newsmen Features, where he specialized in lifestyle features.
He moved to London and then spent time in Eastern Europe. He moved to New York City in 1993 to be a writer for India Abroad and then for Forbes. He was also a senior writer for Red Herring, focusing on the telecommunications sector. In late 1994, he launched DesiParty.com, an events site for Indian immigrants. Also in 1994, he co-founded the South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA). In 1995, he helped launch the now-defunct magazine, Masala, and its website Masala.com, a South Asian portal.
In 1997, Malik was on the original team at Forbes.com led by David Churbuck. In 1999, he left Forbes.com to work as an investment manager at Hambrecht & Quist Asia Pacific; his stay there lasted only a few months because he decided he preferred being a writer.
In 2000, he moved to San Francisco, California to write for Business 2.0 magazine. In 2001, he started Gigaom, a blog. The website had a monthly global audience of over 500,000, and was among the top 50 blogs worldwide by Technorati rank. It was listed in the Blog 100 Index by CNET.
His book, Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist, was released in 2003. It investigated fraud by telecom companies during the dot-com bubble.
Malik announced on June 12, 2006, that he was going to work on Gigaom full-time, although he continued to be a contributing editor and had a regular column in Business 2.0 until its demise in October 2007.