Bhavin Turakhia (born 21 December 1979) is a

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, and the founder of Titan, Flock, Radix,

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and

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. In 2016, Bhavin, a billionaire, was ranked as the 95th richest person in India, with a net worth of US$1.3 billion, along with his brother Divyank Turakhia, according to ''

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''. He has been honored as a 2011

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by the

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Early life

Currently based i
London
Bhavin was born in

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in a middle class

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family. He did his schooling from Arya Vidya Mandir, Bandra. He attended D.G. Ruparel College to study science and later dropped out and then completed his bachelor's degree in commerce from

Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics Sydenham College of Economics is a college located in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is affiliated to the Dr. Homi Bhabha State University. The college offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in management. It was awarded a re-accreditat ...

Career

In 1998 with a capital of ₹25,000 (equal to roughly US$675 in 1998), Bhavin Turakhia at the age of 18, started his first tech venture Directi with his brother Divyank Turakhia. In 2014, Bhavin and Divyank sold four of their web presence companies – BigRock, LogicBoxes, ResellerClub, and Webhosting.info – to Nasdaq-listed U.S.-based web-hosting firm Endurance International Group, for $160 million. He currently operates Titan, Flock, Radix and

. In July 2019, hi
banking tech
ventur
Zeta
received an investment from Sodexo at a valuation of $300 million. In 2021, Zeta secure
$250 million
in investment from

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Vision Fund 2. This Series C investment values Zeta at $1.45 billion. In August 2021
Titan
the professional email service founded by Bhavin, received a $30 million investment from Automattic, valuing Titan at $300 million.

Awards and recognition

* Ranked #95, with a net worth of US$1.3 billion, on the

list of India's 100 Richest People (2016). * Serial Entrepreneur of the Year and Entrepreneur of the Year in Innovation and Technology by

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(2016). * The ETPanache Trendsetter Award by

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(2016). *

by the

(WEF) in

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(2011). * Bharti Entrepreneur of the Year award by the

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& the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (2005). * Chairperson of the

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(ICANN)'s Registrar Constituency for several terms.

References

External links

Official website

Bhavin & Divyank Turakhia
at

Bhavin Turakhia's Interview
at

Businessworld ''BusinessWorld'' is a business newspaper in the Philippines with a nationwide circulation of more than 117,000 (as of March 2014). Founded in 1967 as ''Business Day'', it is Southeast Asia's first daily business newspaper. History ''Busin ...

How Turakhia duo spends the moolah!
at Economic Times
Bhavin Turakhia's interview
at

How Bhavin Turakhia is building a 'bank in a box' stack
at

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Early life

Career

Awards and recognition

See also

References

External links