12 Facts About Om Malik

Om Prakash Malik is an Indian-American web and technology writer.

Om Malik founded and wrote content for Gigaom, which he sold in 2015 after it faced financial difficulty.

Om Malik authored the book Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist and articles by Malik have been published by The Wall Street Journal, Brandweek, and Crain Communications.

Om Malik was born in and grew up in middle-class family in New Delhi.

Om Malik graduated from St Stephens' College in New Delhi in 1986, with an honors degree in chemistry.

Om Malik moved to London and then spent time in Eastern Europe.

Om Malik moved to New York City in 1993 to be a writer for India Abroad and then for Forbes.

Om Malik was a senior writer for Red Herring, focusing on the telecommunications sector.

Om Malik announced on June 12,2006, that he was going to work on Gigaom full-time, although he continued to be a contributing editor and had a regular column in Business 2.0 until its demise in October 2007.

In July 2006, Om Malik wrote a post about Twitter that was credited as one of the first media coverages of the social networking service.

From July 2007 to March 2008, Om Malik hosted the podcast The GigaOm Show on Revision3 with Joyce Kim, which focused on technology and business.

In December 2007, Om Malik suffered a heart attack at age 41, likely caused by incessant smoking of cigars and cigarettes as well as drinking alcohol and eating unhealthy foods.