Gurbaksh S. Chahal

Gurbaksh Singh Chahal (born July 17, 1982) is an award winning American entrepreneur, author, philanthropist and TV personality. He was also the Founder, Chairman & CEO of two advertising companies which were sold for over $340 million. Biography Chahal was born in the town of Tarn Taran, near Amritsar in... Read More

Gurbaksh Singh Chahal (born July 17, 1982) is an award winning American entrepreneur, author, philanthropist and TV personality. He was also the Founder, Chairman & CEO of two advertising companies which were sold for over $340 million.

Biography
Chahal was born in the town of Tarn Taran, near Amritsar in Punjab, India to Avtar and Arjinder Chahal. He is of Punjabi-Sikh descent. In 1985, his parents received a visa for America through a lottery-based system in India. A year later, he immigrated to the United States at the age of 4 with the rest of his family and settled in San Jose, California. Gurbaksh is the youngest of four siblings.

[edit] Business Ventures
On December 15, 1998, at the age of 16, started his first venture, ClickAgents. ClickAgents was an advertising network focused on performance-based advertising. Two years later, on November 1, 2000, ValueClick announced it agreed to buy ClickAgents in a $40 million all-stock merger. Chahal had a three year non-compete See Less