Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Gurbaksh Chahal: Growing Up a Sikh Immigrant Indian in San Jose

Gurbaksh Chahal, more commonly known as "G" was born in the town of Tarn Taran, near Amritsar in Punjab (India) to Avtar and Arjinder Chahal. In 1985, his parents received a visa for America through a lottery-based system in India. At the age of 4, he immigrated to the United States with his family and settled in San Jose, California. Gurbaksh is the youngest of four siblings. Gurbaksh Chahal came from a strict and disciplined background where education was compulsory, so he went to public schools all throughout his early life in San Jose, attending high school for two years, however soon enrolling in Accel Middle College, which allowed him to enter college while finishing his high school degree. At the age of 16, Chahal dropped out of Accel Middle College to start his first venture. Know more about Gurbaksh Chahal at http://www.chahal.com . Gurbaksh Chahal’s story is remarkable and is a concrete example of what can be accomplished with a little motivation and ingenuity.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Gurbaksh Chahal Believes that Life is all about Risks

Gurbaksh Chahal is an internet business entrepreneur and self-made multi-millionaire. By the age of 26, Chahal had created, built, and sold two companies for more than $340 million, and is currently busy in his third company - gWallet. Gurbaksh Chahal also featured on the new prime-time network show The Secret Millionaire on FOX.

How did all this happen to Gurbaksh Chahal? Gurbaksh Chahal who believes that life is all about risk, as a high school student chose to strive for success instead of waiting. Gurbaksh found that success comes from taking risks, and some of the best risk-takers are young. According to him “The younger you are, the more guts you have. With age comes mounting responsibilities and obligations, so it gets harder and more costly to take big risks”.He also mentioned risk factor in his book “the Dream”.

To know more about Gurbaksh Chahal, please visit the site http://www.chahal.com