Sabeer Bhatia is an Indian-born entrepreneur who co-founded Hotmail, one of the first web-based email services, in 1996. After studying at the California Institute of Technology and Stanford University, he worked briefly at Apple before launching Hotmail with the goal of providing free email access via web browsers. Hotmail grew rapidly after its launch, reaching over 8.5 million subscribers by 1997 when Microsoft acquired it for $400 million, adding it to the MSN network of services.

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3. Sabeer Bhatia : Born- December 30, 1968 Chandigarh, Punjab
(India)
Studied at California Institute of Technology and Stanford
University
Co-Founder of Hotmail Co-Founder of Hot Mail
Sabeer briefly worked for Apple Computers as a hardware
engineer and was amused that He could access any software
on the internet via a web browser

4. He listened to Entrepreneurs like Scott McNealy(co-
founded computer technology company Sun
Microsystems ), Steve Wozniak(co-founded Apple
Computer with Steve Jobs ) and Marc
Anderrssen(cofounder of Netscape Communications),
they all had a common message- "you can do it too“
He took up a job with the apple computers and so did
jack smith, his friend and co- worker.

5. Hotmail symbolized "freedom"
Dec, 1997 it reported more than 8.5 million
subscribers
sold to Microsoft in Dec 1997 for reported $400
million, and it joined the msn group of services
reported more than 30 million active members by
February 1999