Harjeet Taggar
Harjeet Taggar | |
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Born |
Ascot, Berkshire, United Kingdom | June 8, 1985
Residence | San Francisco, United States of America |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Oxford University |
Known for | Auctomatic; Y Combinator |
Harjeet Taggar (born June 8, 1985), is a British businessperson and partner at the seed-stage investment firm, Y Combinator. He was formerly funded by Y Combinator and sold his company Auctomatic to Canadian company Live Current Media at age 22.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
In 2010, he was named as the first new partner at Y Combinator since its founding in 2005,[9] aged 25. In 2011 he was named on the Forbes 30 under 30 list.[10]
Previously, he was the subject of the Channel 4 documentary "Tricky Business" and has appeared as a guest on CNN.[11] He studied Jurisprudence at Oxford University.
References
- ↑ Steven Levy (5 April 2008). "Levy: Take the Millions Now – The Daily Beast". Newsweek. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Harjeet Tagger & Kulveer Tagger-Two UK NRI cousins sold online service- web site for 5 million dollars". Nriinternet.com. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Communicate Acquires Y Combinator Startup Auctomatic, Unveils New Business Strategy". TechCrunch. 26 March 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Auctomatic founders sell to Live Current". Growing Business. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Graduate entrepreneurs sell business for millions – University of Oxford". Ox.ac.uk. 26 March 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "UK software stars conduct mission to woo Silicon Valley". London: Telegraph. 22 April 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Oxford: Two Indians turn millionaires overnight". Rediff.com. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ http://www.startupcommunity.co.uk/businessnews/news_item.asp?id=349
- ↑ http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/12/y-combinator-names-first-new-partners-since-2005-paul-buchheit-and-harj-taggar/
- ↑ Vardi, Nathan. Forbes http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mdg45gdhk/harj-taggar-partner-y-combinator-26/. Missing or empty
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(help) - ↑ "Harjeet Taggar on CNN – Quest Means Business". YouTube. 3 December 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
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