Om Malik

<h2 id="biography">Biography</h2>
<h3>Early life and education</h3>
Malik was born in and grew up in middle-class family in <a href="/facts/New_Delhi/9UMpnDN8">New Delhi</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1">1</a> He graduated from <a href="/facts/St._Stephen%2527s_College%2c_Delhi/S1zvP8up">St. Stephen's College, Delhi</a> affiliated with <a href="/facts/Delhi_University/BPtgkMXe">Delhi University</a> in 1986, with an honors degree in <a href="/facts/Chemistry/SrNqkGVm">chemistry</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2">2</a>

<h3>Career</h3>
After graduating, Malik had several journalism positions in <a href="/facts/New_Delhi/9UMpnDN8">New Delhi</a>, including with VP Fun<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a> and Newsmen Features, where he specialized in lifestyle features.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a>
He moved to <a href="/facts/London/KozCCsy9">London</a> and then spent time in Eastern Europe.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a> He moved to <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a> in 1993 to be a writer for <a href="/facts/India_Abroad/E0BUjx1D">India Abroad</a> and then for <a href="/facts/Forbes/lyULpGhW">Forbes</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a> He was also a senior writer for <a href="/facts/Red_Herring_(magazine)/LeS0YEMR">Red Herring</a>, focusing on the telecommunications sector. In late 1994, he launched DesiParty.com, an events site for Indian immigrants. Also in 1994, he co-founded the <a href="/facts/South_Asian_Journalists_Association/pdosFW2D">South Asian Journalists Association</a> (SAJA). In 1995, he helped launch the now-defunct magazine, Masala, and its website Masala.com, a South Asian portal.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a>
In 1997, Malik was on the original team at Forbes.com led by <a href="/facts/David_Churbuck/ogGozDKS">David Churbuck</a>. In 1999, he left Forbes.com to work as an investment manager at <a href="/facts/Hambrecht_%2526_Quist/LErkSRKj">Hambrecht & Quist</a> Asia Pacific; his stay there lasted only a few months because he decided he preferred being a writer.
In 2000, he moved to <a href="/facts/San_Francisco%2c_California/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco, California</a> to write for <a href="/facts/Business_2.0/EECe1fY9">Business 2.0</a> magazine. In 2001, he started <a href="/facts/Gigaom/0H7TAd8f">Gigaom</a>, a <a href="/facts/Blog/bb6awu2X">blog</a>. The website had a monthly global audience of over 500,000, and was among the top 50 blogs worldwide by <a href="/facts/Technorati/6qDre9Sl">Technorati</a> rank.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a> It was listed in the Blog 100 Index by <a href="/facts/CNET/FefqENNr">CNET</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a>
His book, Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist, was released in 2003. It investigated fraud by telecom companies during the <a href="/facts/Dot-com_bubble/dCFWQt0s">dot-com bubble</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10">10</a> 
Malik announced on June 12, 2006, that he was going to work on <a href="/facts/Gigaom/0H7TAd8f">Gigaom</a> full-time, although he continued to be a contributing editor and had a regular column in <a href="/facts/Business_2.0/EECe1fY9">Business 2.0</a> until its demise in October 2007.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11">11</a>
In July 2006, Malik wrote a post about <a href="/facts/Twitter/VWwDNGUm">Twitter</a> that was credited as one of the first media coverages of the social networking service.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12">12</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13">13</a>
From July 2007 to March 2008, Malik hosted the podcast The GigaOm Show on <a href="/facts/Revision3/gznSgcUY">Revision3</a> with Joyce Kim, which focused on technology and business.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14">14</a> Malik was also a frequent guest on the former CrankyGeeks podcast with <a href="/facts/John_C._Dvorak/GuPAzQqj">John C. Dvorak</a>.

Malik left <a href="/facts/Gigaom/0H7TAd8f">Gigaom</a> in January 2014. In March 2015, the company ceased operations due to financial difficulty.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15">15</a> In May 2015, it was acquired by Knowingly Corporation.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16">16</a>

<h2 id="personal-life">Personal life</h2>
In December 2007, Malik suffered a <a href="/facts/Heart_attack/xoGw0qcG">heart attack</a> at age 41, likely caused by incessant smoking of cigars and cigarettes as well as drinking alcohol and eating unhealthy foods. The heart attack forced him to reconsider his priorities.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17">17</a>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>

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<h2 id="references">References</h2>

<ol>
<li id="fn:1">"Om Malik: Pioneering Blogs (Part 1)". June 1, 2007. <a href="https://www.sramanamitra.com/2007/06/01/om-malik-pioneering-blogs-part-1/" target="_blank">https://www.sramanamitra.com/2007/06/01/om-malik-pioneering-blogs-part-1/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:2">Mukherjee, Arindam (January 12, 2015). "'Proliferation of visual sensors is extreme'". Outlook. <a href="https://www.outlookindia.com/society/proliferation-of-visual-sensors-is-extreme-news-292954" target="_blank">https://www.outlookindia.com/society/proliferation-of-visual-sensors-is-extreme-news-292954</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">"Om Malik: Pioneering Blogs (Part 1)". June 1, 2007. <a href="https://www.sramanamitra.com/2007/06/01/om-malik-pioneering-blogs-part-1/" target="_blank">https://www.sramanamitra.com/2007/06/01/om-malik-pioneering-blogs-part-1/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">"In Praise of Dev Anand, India's Gregory Peck. R.I.P!". Om Malik. December 6, 2011. <a href="https://om.co/2011/12/05/dev-anand-rip/" target="_blank">https://om.co/2011/12/05/dev-anand-rip/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:5">"Om Malik: Pioneering Blogs (Part 1)". June 1, 2007. <a href="https://www.sramanamitra.com/2007/06/01/om-malik-pioneering-blogs-part-1/" target="_blank">https://www.sramanamitra.com/2007/06/01/om-malik-pioneering-blogs-part-1/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:6">Chris, Preimesberger (March 10, 2015). "Om Malik Says 'Goodnight, Sweetheart,' Closes Down GigaOm". eWeek. <a href="https://www.eweek.com/it-management/om-malik-says-goodnight-sweetheart-closes-down-gigaom/" target="_blank">https://www.eweek.com/it-management/om-malik-says-goodnight-sweetheart-closes-down-gigaom/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:7">"About Om Malik". 10 June 2016. <a href="https://om.co/about/" target="_blank">https://om.co/about/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:8">"Om Malik's pioneering tech blog GigaOm shuts down". Hindustan Times. March 10, 2015. <a href="https://tech.hindustantimes.com/tech/news/om-malik-s-pioneering-tech-blog-gigaom-shuts-down-story-8VJ4L7IcN6wBcgsxbAVYbK.html" target="_blank">https://tech.hindustantimes.com/tech/news/om-malik-s-pioneering-tech-blog-gigaom-shuts-down-story-8VJ4L7IcN6wBcgsxbAVYbK.html</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:9">"News.com's Blog 100". CNET. February 4, 2008. <a href="https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/news-coms-blog-100/" target="_blank">https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/news-coms-blog-100/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:10">Malik, Om (November 8, 2004). Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-471-66061-3. <a href="978-0-471-66061-3" target="_blank">978-0-471-66061-3</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:11">Oremus, Will (March 10, 2015). "GigaOm Was Universally Respected. Too Bad Respect Doesn't Pay the Bills". Slate. <a href="https://slate.com/technology/2015/03/gigaom-shuts-down-why-did-om-malik-s-tech-blog-run-out-of-money.html" target="_blank">https://slate.com/technology/2015/03/gigaom-shuts-down-why-did-om-malik-s-tech-blog-run-out-of-money.html</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:12">Tsotsis, Alexia (August 13, 2013). "Om Malik, Father Of Tech News Blogging, American Citizen". TechCrunch. <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/08/13/congrats-om/" target="_blank">https://techcrunch.com/2013/08/13/congrats-om/</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:13">Oremus, Will (November 5, 2013). "The First Blog Post About Twitter Got Pretty Much Everything Wrong". Slate. <a href="https://slate.com/technology/2013/11/om-malik-s-first-blog-post-about-twitter-in-2006-got-everything-wrong.html" target="_blank">https://slate.com/technology/2013/11/om-malik-s-first-blog-post-about-twitter-in-2006-got-everything-wrong.html</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:14">"Revision3 Teams With GigaOm For New Show". Wired. July 25, 2007. <a href="https://www.wired.com/2007/07/revision3-teams/" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/2007/07/revision3-teams/</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:15">Somaiya, Ravi (March 10, 2015). "Tech Blog GigaOm Abruptly Shuts Down". The New York Times. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/business/media/tech-blog-gigaom-abruptly-shuts-down.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/business/media/tech-blog-gigaom-abruptly-shuts-down.html</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:16">Preimesberger, Chris (May 27, 2015). "Remains of GigaOm Bought by Content Farm Knowingly". eWeek. <a href="https://www.eweek.com/cloud/remains-of-gigaom-bought-by-content-farm-knowingly/" target="_blank">https://www.eweek.com/cloud/remains-of-gigaom-bought-by-content-farm-knowingly/</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:17">Fost, Dan (January 7, 2008). "Some Brand-Name Bloggers Say Stress of Posting Is a Hazard to Their Health". The New York Times. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/07/technology/07blogger.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/07/technology/07blogger.html</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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