Om Malik

Om Malik is a prominent tech journalist, blogger, and investor. He founded Gigaom, a highly influential tech news and analysis site launched in 2006 that became a staple for coverage of Silicon Valley, startups, venture capital, and the internet economy. Malik was also a senior writer at Business 2.0 and a columnist for Forbes. Gigaom shut down in 2015 after filing for bankruptcy, but Malik remains active as a partner at True Ventures, a venture capital firm, and continues to write and podcast. He is known for his sharp, early insights on the rise of broadband, the cloud, and the sharing economy. His personal story—fleeing religious persecution in India as a child and immigrating to the US—adds a notable dimension to his perspective on entrepreneurship and the tech industry.