Satya Prabhakar, an India

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 is the founder of the Indian online portal Sulekha

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Sulekha.com is an Indian Internet and Mobile company offering local commerce services enhanced by social media interactions in 46 Indian and 16 North American cities. Adopting the slogan “Find. Buy. Sell. Share...

, an online platform for connecting Indians all over the world. He is the Chief executive officer and Chief Mentor of Sulekha. He grew Sulekha

Sulekha

Sulekha.com is an Indian Internet and Mobile company offering local commerce services enhanced by social media interactions in 46 Indian and 16 North American cities. Adopting the slogan “Find. Buy. Sell. Share...

.com from two employees to more than 500 employees with 10 offices in India, US and Canada in a span of 10 years.

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Prabhakar founded Sulekha.com in 1998, and grew it to become one of the most popular Indian websites sites, that pioneered the integration of classifieds and local search with social media in 50 cities. He was featured in 500 news stories and invited to speak in over 200 conferences, industry gatherings and academic/corporate institutions, including Wharton, LIBA

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 Singapore. Prabhakar has also won awards for technical/business leadership at AT&T

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 and Honeywell

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. His interests include investing, chess, tennis, golf and writing. Prabhakar was recognized by Confederation of Indian Industry with an entrepreneurship award in 2008. He is a Charter Member of The Indus Entrepreneur (TiE) and a member of the CEO Forum.