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India’s new tech billionaires

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8 February 2017

Episode 278

29 minutes

Indian entrepreneur Bhavin Turakhia has been building technology start-ups with his brother Divyank since they were teenagers, beginning with a business loan of a few hundred dollars from their father. The two have recently been catapulted into the world of billionaires after selling part of their company Directi for $160m and selling their advertising technology firm Media.net for $900m, the latter deal being one of the largest in ad-tech history. Bhavin shares what he’s learned and why he’s now deeply involved in his latest venture, the team messenger service Flock.

8 February 2017

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