Om Malik, Technology Analyst and Journalist, Dies at 60
The pioneering technology journalist founded GigaOm, drew more than 1.1 million followers on X.com and had earlier survived a heart attack at 41.
- Om Malik, the influential tech journalist and GigaOm founder, died at 60 this week while surrounded by family at Stanford Hospital following a prolonged heart condition.
- After writing for Forbes and Business 2.0, Malik moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2000 and founded GigaOm one year later, building a pioneering technology blog.
- Between 2008 and 2010, the company raised more than $12 million in funding, including a $6 million round that valued the publication at more than $40 million, enabling acquisition of PaidContent.
- Publisher and blogger Paul Kedrosky told the Times that personal brands create a "recipe for stress through the roof," a pressure Malik faced before GigaOm's 2015 closure and sale to Knowingly Corporation.
- In later years, Malik maintained an X.com account with more than 1.1 million followers, recently praising tech evangelist Ed Zitron for saying "scary things" about artificial intelligence investments.
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Om Malik: Om Malik, Silicon Valley tech journalist, GigaOm founder, dies
Om Malik founded GigaOm in 2001, a technology news and analysis publication that became one of the most influential voices in tech media before being sold to Knowingly in 2015. He subsequently joined venture capital firm True Ventures as a partner.
Om Malik, technology analyst and journalist, dies at 60
Om Malik. (Photo courtesy Om Malik’s personal website) Om Malik, one of the Internet’s earliest technology journalists and analysts who dedicated much of his adult life to the craft, died this week after a prolonged heart condition, according to a statement from his family. Malik was 60 years old at the time of his passing, and he died while surrounded by family and friends at Stanford Hospital, the statement said. He is perhaps best known as th…
Thank you, Om Malik.
Om in 2022, courtesy of Christopher Michel. I started reading Om in 2004 as a young tech reporter. He was the smartest guy writing about really geeky tech and putting it into context. He was able to discuss the nuts and bolts of technology and then extrapolate what new advances would mean and how people would react. All from a news release about a new type of fiber or a boost in Ethernet speeds. As someone bored with the speeds and feeds of trad…
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