'Poster boy of Internet' as Sabeer Bhatia is referred to,
was born in Bangalore. After schooling from St Joseph's in Bangalore, he
studied for two years at BITS Pilani before getting a CalTech scholarship at the
age of 19. He did his BS from California Institute of Technology and MSc from
Stanford University and worked briefly at Firepower Systems. He then joined
Apple Computers and it was here that he met Jack Smith and the idea of having a
Web-based mail took birth. Thus was born Hotmail which revolutionized the very
way people communicated on the Internet. Later, Microsoft bought Hotmail for
$400 mn on December 31, 1997.
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