Om Prakash Malik (born September 29, 1966) is an

Indian-American Indian Americans or Indo-Americans are citizens of the United States with ancestry from India. The United States Census Bureau uses the term Asian Indian to avoid confusion with Native Americans, who have also historically been referred to ...

web and technology writer. He is the founder and a former senior writer for

GigaOM Gigaom is a technology focused analyst firm and media company. The company evolved from a blog which offered news, analysis, and opinions on startup companies, emerging technologies, and other technology related topics. It was started by Om Mali ...

. He is now a partner at True Ventures.

Personal life and education

Malik was born in

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament Ho ...

. He graduated from St. Stephens’ College in

in 1986, with an honors degree in

chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the elements that make up matter to the compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions: their composition, structure, propertie ...

Career

Malik started out as a young writer in India, working with

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

-based Newsmen Features, where he specialised in lifestyle features. He moved to

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in 1993 to be a writer for ''

India Abroad ''India Abroad'' is a weekly newspaper published from New York City, which focuses on Indian news meant for an Indian American, Indian diaspora and expatriate audience. The publication is known for its annual award ceremony for the "India Abroad P ...

'' and then for ''

Forbes ''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine owned by Integrated Whale Media Investments and the Forbes family. Published eight times a year, it features articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics. ''Forbes'' also r ...

''. He was also a senior writer for ''

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'', focusing on the telecommunications sector, and later became a senior writer there. In late 1994, he launched DesiParty.com, an events site for Indian immigrants. That same year, 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 in the

venture capital Venture capital (often abbreviated as VC) is a form of private equity financing that is provided by venture capital firms or funds to startups, early-stage, and emerging companies that have been deemed to have high growth potential or which h ...

world, serving as an investment manager at

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Asia Pacific; his stay there lasted only a few months because he decided he preferred being a writer. In 2000, he moved to

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to write for ''

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'' magazine. In 2001, he started ''GigaOM'', a

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published by GigaOmniMedia, Inc. in

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. The website had a monthly global audience of over 500,000, and was among the top 50 blogs worldwide by

Technorati Technorati was a search engine and a publisher advertising platform that served as an advertising solution for the thousands of websites in its network. Technorati launched its ad network in 2008, and at one time was one of the largest ad network ...

rank. and was part of

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's 100 Most Influential Blogs. His first book, ''Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist'', was released on May 15, 2003. Malik's writings have also appeared in newspapers and magazines such as ''

The Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...

'', ''

Brandweek ''Brandweek'' is a three-day brand marketing symposium and a part of Adweek, LLC. It was also previously a weekly American marketing trade publication that was published between 1986 and April 2011. Profile Brandweek is a part of Adweek, coverin ...

'', and ''Crain's New York Business''. Om Malik & Nick Bilton (15083880520)

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. In addition to ''GigaOM'', he also wrote for the

s ''Web Worker Daily'' and ''Tablatronic''. From July 2007 to March 2008, Malik hosted the podcast ''The GigaOm Show'' on

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with Joyce Kim, which focused on technology and business. He ended the podcast to focus on other things, among them his health. Malik was also a frequent guest on the former ''CrankyGeeks'' podcast with

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. Malik left GigaOM in January 2014. In March 2015, the company ceased operations. In August 2015, the blog resumed under different ownership.Gigaom.com acquired by Knowingly
2015/05/26

References

External links

Om's Personal Blog

Interview with Sramana Mitra

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