Eighteen months later Sabeer Bhatia has taken his place among San Francisco's ultra-rich.

His latest offering plans to capture fast-growing mobile users across the globe. JaxtrSMS, co-founded by Bhatia and Yogesh Patel, is an application that allows users to send text messages for free anywhere in the world. He is also a serial entrepreneur having invested in over half-a-dozen ideas. Sabeer Bhatia laughs heartily. Some whacky, some whackier. A conversation with Sabeer Bhatia is a study in both optimism and enthusiasm.

This summer, he partnered with a major Indian developer that pledged funds to help purchase the land needed in the northern Indian state of Haryana to break ground on Nano City.
He recently purchased a $2-million apartment in rarified Pacific Heights. He hurries over to picture windows that run the length of the room and raises the blinds. The 49-year-old from Chandigarh in India, who famously founded and then sold dotcom success story Hotmail in the late … Po Bronson on how Bhatia and Smith had the idea for Hotmail Frustrated by a corporate e-mail system which did not allow them to communicate privately, Bhatia and his college friend and colleague Jack Smith hit upon the idea of a …

He’s heard that cliché often enough.

But now - after spending $4 million of his own money and learning some hard lessons about international development - Bhatia's project could be on the brink of starting. Sabeer Bhatia started his company on $300,000 and sold it two years later for $400 million. Of being the ‘hot male’ behind Hotmail. It was so powerful that sleep that night was impossible for Sabeer Bhatia, with the idea now in his head, exploding, autocatalytic, a bonfire of the mind. A 30-minute slot soon turns into 45, which then, just as it is about to reach a conclusion, offers another 15-minute postscript which necessitates the record button being pressed again. So, is he lucky, or great? The place looks like a banker's lair, and Bhatia acknowledges that the oak paneling and crystal chandeliers might have to go. Sabeer Bhatia education, networth, professional life, career,awards and recognition Always asked what’s next, Bhatia believes Jaxtr will be his hottest calling car Sabeer Bhatia is back at doing what he does best — being an entrepreneur. It took Bhatia and a team of 50 people over a year to come out with the latest offering.
“It’s worked in the US and I think it can work here too,” quips Mr Bhatia, president & CEO of Arzoo.com, an idea that initially failed and now has morphed into a travel portal. He plans of doing a Google, launching a nano-city and revolutionising online travel.