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Vivek Pahwa

Vivek Pahwa

Age: 27
Companies: DesiMartini.com, SecondShaadi.com, Gaadi.com

Vivek Pahwa has an eye for connecting people on the Internet. He first created DesiMartini.com, a social networking site in India, in 2006 and sold it to HT Media, which owns the Hindustan Times, in November 2007. He then created SecondShaadi.com, a matrimonial site for people looking for a second marriage. With 70,000 registered users, Pahwa estimates that as people seek to shake off the stigma of divorce, his Web site will grow 50% to 70% in the next few years. His third site, Gaadi.com, is a research base for those who are looking to buy a new car. Although only five months old, Gaadi.com is the No. 2 automobile Web site in India and has already sparked the interest of carmakers. Ambition is a hallmark of many successful entrepreneurs and Pahwa is no exception: His goal is to build one of India's leading Internet groups and capture at least 10% of Indian users of the Net.