JANUARY 2011

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Travalogue

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Cover Story

High Firi ng: Pm1.i<JJ[)h;

Gloriiied PUlljabis are fa~ein8J1ing I.3lld it ..... -as. a wenderfllli e:>:;pa~ieoce 10 pae[0 inlO Ihe liv,€-S 8[ same oJ the rTI.'OSLplJ!I.ierlul fa~n1Iilie~ Wci'aIy U's wor1il rl0l~i['lg l!\ail tl1is, :story is 11m I3J business i"iistory, ancl but has a 101. to tell, 'SIS Leam .GliIfl'lP:Se' sh<'l!l'a Ihef'Olmily b<l~~gm:Lmd', IIfest:rJe :and 1ibe. bond of IQVe 1i:ley share.

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bevy o~ cars including Lamborghini. rv1erc~d~., Ferrari and Bentley. "I don't waw to talk about rny net 'oVOflh., Lef's just s.:ry I am oomfOi"W.ble and rOmlna.te," he~ys Dei,rngl rE~her modest, He lives tip to the lifeslyle ~lla~ ht;J is e-~p~~e-d: to. Fii$ rolJlin~ incll;d@$ swan kpoartiesand VI P ~ri ps [\0 Vegias. a oity wh,iGn is close to his heart.

T~I"e bo~ ~d,t> of love

He drew' mspir8Jtion from his father, mother and grandmother 'o'!fil;ere3,s professionally he looked up to Bill Gales and St,eve Jobs, He feels gr,eat about making his pare'flIts proud and loves, to witness thisffeel~ng in their eyes. He wishes to fee~ the same Wiiy once hs becom(§JS a p~roJllL loo l5i@.riy this. year, he was awarded t.he Leaders lin Manageme·tljt AWOlJ-d and an

Honorary Doclorate degree in Comrnerclal Sci:ence from Pace Unlj:l!'ersity for his os reer otChtlilVeffllilnts as an entrepreneur.' Fat him irtwas .a proud moment but lor ,his parents ~t was a m!'lmmy to ch~rish for a mFe1iime_ 1Hi,'l says, "It was a great moment fur my pa~efits, Seeingl me drop out of tligl1 schoolal 16 W<iS a cultural is.llue for

Gurbaksh Chahal (RadiumOne)

GLJlrb@Ksn S,ingh CI1<llnel! was born. i,n 1982 !nlhe tovm ofTerral"! Taren to Avtar and i:."tjiFlder ChZlhaL In

1985" his· parents recelved a visafor America thr~ugh a IloUerybesed system ~n Ineiia, arndl [he following year, when he was four, the tamilly semed ln San .lose, Califurrua. His parents had :arrived with only $25 to tllei r name, and his mother worked as a nuese a nd father, as a security officer, and the six- mem hertarn i!y shared Oil small horne iln <3 low-inC'Qme rneigtJOQurhood. Today Gu.rb.S!lksh is an entrepreneur and author Sind by the age.of 25, he founded~wo adveli1~sing companies worth $340 mimon.

them. Fast-forwslrd 11 yea~s. anel io receive !he high~s.t honour jll.lstfurfher elevated the,success I've reached,'"

Presen~liy, he is one of the rT:Io<st ei~gible bachelors the world over. His ideallifl8 p<l!rtn~T ~$ OJ WOr!l;@n whOC<Jn accept him \vilh his flaws and in his words "Fits ~he lJil~' that I:> she's got to be atlHl.cti'le, knows ~h.e concept of' "Re<il,' and has great fam~iy values, Unrforluruately.,he hasn't come across such a !,\/(lman y-el

Business Sketch

In S.;;:ptember 2G09, Chahal launched gWalllet nOl\ ... re-brendec as RacliumOne which is a virtual currency platform for SoCi<3i1 media. Radium has developed breek through t,echnolo-gy that uses sociall graph data to drOlmOltiic~11y imlP:f"O\te online· ma.r1ke!tingl, On earning U~e IriCheS wlfJicl'l people can only dream ofIm the pel1ied retirement. he has no plans or retiri 1"19 amy ti me soon. 'VI/fiefl I was 18, I was a mil~ionaijre <lind most people Ihink havl rig that much money req'Uli1i'esretireme.nt," says Chatlial. "I wasn't going to mtir@ at 1.8 or .21. At the end of~lle day, I never do 31ny~hing for mOMY,.'

GIJJ.rbakSh has also starred on FOX'S

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'The beginning

For Nile ';)hahallamily, as. for many immigffi.n!S, ediuoation was pairamount, bli.Jt Gurbak_sh left high school at sixleeill. He says, "I could ,learn from ~he classroom but ~ :kn.e>.w I would do better beyond th@ wxt booles, I "~n't booksmart; II w8iS street smart,' He ~hen formed Clic,k iigents at 16, an I'nternet a.dvertisirng company, which [he sold two ye0irslater ror$4Q million. lin January :m04, he I.aunched a second company. 81 ue Li~hiUlm - the next gener.9Jlon in Internet advertising. Blu:(')lilhi~m W.:;lS namsocne ofthe ~QP 1IJO privale companies in Ameilica three ye81Fs ~n a mow try AIw'8,ysOn, and in. 2:006, i:t received highest honour as Top IlIlnq-..ra!tor of ~Ilie '(e-aL an September tlltI1., 20m, Yahoo! al1l1Q'lJ!lc'9d liIa!il wa~",cqlJliring BIr.:re;L,ithium f:or $:300. He too~ lime off to write h~s. memoir The OreOlm - How Il~tlm~d Ih@ IRisks and Rewar·,js or Eliltreprell1~urship and M.<ide Millioos·.

Lifestyle Diary

Gh~h>Sl1 lives in OJ $7 milliiCIn pe-n!hous(l em Ihe 37111 floor of !he posh condo lOw-er, The Infinity,in e]iCr'N'flitowfli Salfi frnncisco: and at one ti me, owned a

prim~·tirn~ nt9twoli<; SI1()W 'The secret Millionaire' and has a,ppea red! on Hi;e Oprah Wi n~re'!l 311.001, Bonnie l-iUi"i,t,IEXTRA, Nei~ CavlJtD, @m()rJ'!Jolhe~s. In :2000, he was featured on Extra TV as .Amefi>cOl's ~ .. tost

Eligilble Bachelor.

Style .File

Best Wary To Unwind; Get horne, open 8i bdttleof wins and ~ook: outside my balcorry, or get on a plane and get ou~ of lovm.

FavmJrl!e MO\l!iEis: PUr8uH of Happiness and DDU

F,av>Ol!iite 18ook: Besides mine, TI1e Art of War'. Fa'!,!louri~e Sport: footbal'l

Fa'y',ouri~e' ir:ood: PunjatJa @iflCl Chili cheese fries Fa\,llouri~l'E:' $h01.I'I,1': Ent'QuraQl~

Dream Destlnalkm: Tahltl

.oil your ,Pod'? Bhangre, Hindi and rOilll~nlk songs, It depends on tny'moodi.

Thlre:e TihilflgS You Can't Li:ve WilhlDut My fulmUy.. my pMne antJ Vegas!