Rediff.com

Rediff.com India Limited
Main page as of 24 July 2009
Type of businessPublic
Type of site
Web portal
Available inEnglish
FoundedJanuary 1996 (1996-01)
HeadquartersMumbai, India
OwnerInfibeam Avenues Limited (since October 2024)[1]
Key peopleVishal Mehta (Chairman & MD)[2]
IndustryInternet
Revenue36 crores (FY23-24)[3]
Net income80 lakh (2021)
Employees316 (Dec 2009)
URLrediff.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedFebruary 8, 1997 (1997-02-08)
Current statusActive

Rediff.com, stylized as rediff.com, is an Indian news, information, entertainment, and shopping website. Founded by Ajit Balakrishnan in 1996, it was the first Indian website to become a mainstream news media organization.[4][5] Rediff.com is headquartered in Mumbai with offices in Bangalore, New Delhi, and New York City.[citation needed]

As of 2009, it had more than 300 employees.[6] At the time of its founding, internet access had only been available in India for five months with a mere 18,000 users, leaving Rediff.com as one of the earliest Indian web portals and email providers.[7]

  1. ^ Singh, Navdeep (2 August 2024). "Infibeam Avenues acquires majority stake in Rediff.com, shares jump over 8%". The Economic Times.
  2. ^ "Infibeam founder Vishal Mehta becomes Rediff's new Chairman and Managing Director". Business Today. 4 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Rediff.com Appoints Vishal Mehta as Chairman and MD Following Infibeam Acquisition". Entrepreneur. 3 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Rediff.Com reports Q1 results: India revenue up 42%". The Financial Express. 2 July 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  5. ^ Chopra, Rohit (15 December 2019). "How Rediff On The NeT first created a template for the Hindu Right online in the 1990s". ThePrint. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Investor FAQs". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 23 July 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  7. ^ "For Rediff boss, early success meant ignoring sceptics, self-learning tools". Hindustan Times. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

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