If
you have been in the domain business
for any length of time you know the
name Divyank Turakhia, the
wildly successful serial
entrepreneur who teamed up with his
brother Bhavin to build Directi
into a domain industry powerhouse
before selling the company to the Endurance
International Group for a
reported $110 million in
2013. Divyank is currently building
another business dynasty at Media.net.
We
profiled Divyank and his penchant
for adventure (including standing on
top of a flying airplane!) in a
popular September
2008 Cover Story.
Divyank is a guy who never stands
still so he has accomplished much
more in the seven years since
that story came out, both in
business and in his pursuit of the
biggest adrenaline rush possible.
Forbes
Magazine was so enthralled
with Div's latest passion, barrel
rolling his own airplane over
the Pacific Ocean, that they sent a
film crew to document what he is
doing and why he does it. It is a great
video (and runs less that 5
minutes) that you really must see to
appreciate. You can do
that here.
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Divyank
Turakhia in a photo we snapped
at the Mondrian Hotel's SkyBar in
West Hollywood, California
during the 2011 Domainfest Global
conference.
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Divyank
told Forbes reporter Ellen Huet,
“Aerobatics is like business.
It’s fun if it’s done right. If
it’s not, you crash and burn. So
you have to know your limitations.
You have to have a backup plan of a
backup plan.” That philosophy has
made Turakhia (who was a millionaire
by the time his was 18) a
very wealthy man. Yet, as high as he
has flown, Div has always kept his
feed solidly on the ground, building
a reputation as one of the nicest
guys in the internet world. It's
really great that Forbes is
giving the rest of the world a
closer look at one the of most
interesting people to ever grace our
industry.
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