Pulkit Madan is an Indian computer programmer, designer and business entrepreneur from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.[1] [2] As a teenager, Madan founded multiple online startup companies, despite being forced to drop out from secondary school due to health issues.[3]

Early Life

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After winning an 8th standard multimedia competition, Pulkit Madan became interested in online technology.[4] He first obtained a personal computer at age 14 and soon began coding simple html websites. [5] Due to severe allergies, Madan was forced to drop out from regular secondary school, and began using all of his free time learning and writing code. [6]

Entrepreneurship

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At age 16, Pulkit Madan founded Syntexhost, an online web hosting and domain service.[7] He then founded Coffee.io - a real-time collaboration tool for software developers, and Backit.co - a one-click website and database backup solution.[8]

Pulkit Madan is currently the co-founder and CEO of WaferApp - an application based startup that aims to simplify sharing and managing of files between devices. [9]

References

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  1. ^ "Forced to drop out of school, teen turns tech genius". Yahoo India. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  2. ^ "18 Year Old Pulkit Madan Launches Coffee.io; A Real Time Collaboration Tool For Developers". YourStory. 12 November 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Forced to drop out of school, teen turns tech genius". Yahoo India. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Forced to drop out of school, teen turns tech genius". Yahoo India. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Forced to drop out of school, teen turns tech genius". Yahoo India. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Forced to drop out of school, teen turns tech genius". Yahoo India. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  7. ^ "Forced to drop out of school, teen turns tech genius". Yahoo India. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Forced to drop out of school, teen turns tech genius". Yahoo India. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  9. ^ "WaferApp makes file sharing as easy as a fist bump". Digital Trends. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.