so anand is only 22...

[alexXx]

If anand is only 22 and the website started in 1997, that means he started it when he was either 14 or 15. Is this correct? Hwo could he evr get companies to send him hardware to review at that age..

 

[rh71]

it couldn't have been just him. Shouldn't this place have an ABOUT US or something ?

 

[bootymac]

I heard Anandtech was the only site at that time that did reviews or something

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

It was "just him" in the beginning. Now he's got a team.

 

[Goosemaster]

Now in life:

Anand > I

<--21

 

[kami333]

He had a well thought out plan and a good presentation?

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

Maybe in the beginning he bought things, used them and then wrote about them.

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: rh71
it couldn't have been just him. Shouldn't this place have an ABOUT US or something ?

You mean like this?

 

[cronos]

Originally posted by: bootymac
I heard Anandtech was the only site at that time that did reviews or something

well, there was Tom's.

 

[DAGTA]

Yes, Anand started as a geocities site when he was 15 where he reviewed the hardware he had purchased. Through hard work and his naturally aptitude, he grew into the business he has now. He's a great success story. I think he was driving some $50,000 car when he was 18 and it was paid off from his own income.

 

[sash1]

My bro told me a while ago that he started the original site on geocities.

`K

 

[edro]

I don't see how a site like this makes that much money...

I know he sold a few hardware books though... maybe that's where he made money.

 

[randomlinh]

yep.. i wish i could remember the address.. i'm sure someone has it. I remember it was around the magical k6-2... those were the days... wanted to do the same thing.. but just never got around to it... heh

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

The amount of money he makes on advertising alone is enough money to keep the entire site running.

 

[brigden]

Outside of AnandTech, Anand is quite devoted to his fiancée Vinney...

Isn't that TGG's ex-GF? Did Anand punk TGG's GF???

 

[alexXx]

if it is geocities, it is prolly still up. someone must know the url

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: DAGTA
Yes, Anand started as a geocities site when he was 15 where he reviewed the hardware he had purchased. Through hard work and his naturally aptitude, he grew into the business he has now. He's a great success story. I think he was driving some $50,000 car when he was 18 and it was paid off from his own income.

$50K! Heh. If you only knew!

 

[AzNmAnJLH]

didn't he reviewed movies also?

 

[SSP]

Originally posted by: AzNmAnJLH
didn't he reviewed movies also?

No that was a friends site.

 

[The Stigenator]

Originally posted by: brigden

Outside of AnandTech, Anand is quite devoted to his fiancée Vinney...

Isn't that TGG's ex-GF? Did Anand punk TGG's GF???

haha... its vanny by the way.

 

[warcrow]

yup, he's just 22. Want me to hook you up?

 

[alexXx]

cha...

 

[Squisher]

I read the front page of this site for a year before Anand posted that he was getting his driver's license.

I sat there staring at the post with my jaw touching the keyboard.

 

[alkemyst]

He made it at a smart time...the .com craze was florishing and hardware sales were king. I am sure with the attention he was getting (not in the beginning which was self financed) in the heyday manufacturers had boxes coming whenever he wanted.

AT is a sort of empire...

I went to college at the time and sort of drifted out of the online scene at the wrong time. Many of my friends never completed college yet were already millionaires or working at 6 figure incomes. My brother did this starting an apartment ran ISP at the time when with a rack of 33.6 USR's you could do so. Now he is CTO for the largest private ISP in the mid south east which has won #1 in a few national rankings. Kimble of kimble.org made his fortune during this time.

 

[alexXx]

is 'anand lal shimpi' indian? his name sounds like it