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Rediff: Why did Bhatia walk away from Bill Gates?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 2, 1999

Thanks to Prasanth
Mudundi
for this link.

“A little more than a year after he sold his company Hotmail to
Bill Gates’ Microsoft Corporation, 30-year old Sabeer Bhatia has
said goodbye to Gates to start yet another company.”

“There’s no firm idea for a company yet, Bhatia says. He will
only reveal this much: Along with a few friends from Stanford
University, where he earned a masters degree in electrical
engineering, he is working on a plan for an e-commerce
company.”

“For Bhatia, clearly there are not enough challenges at
Microsoft. He is excited to talk about his new venture, though he
does not want to divulge many details, and about his satisfaction
and frustration at Microsoft?”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

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