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After Gurbaksh Chahal sold his second company “BlueLithium” to Yahoo, he decided to make a list of all the different things he wanted to do outside of business. One was to write his memoir, “The Dream” and another was to develop reality-based television shows that could inspire people. In November 2007, he signed up with William Morris to explore both of these projects. Gurbaksh’s agent introduced him to a group of producers who were doing a show at FOX called “Secret Millionaire” and who asked him if he wanted to be a part of show.

The main aim of this new series of Secret millionaire was to take America's wealthiest individuals away from their sprawling mansions and to move them to some of the poorest neighborhoods in the country. Their mission was to go undercover as regular people, living on minimum wage and working side-by-side with members of the community they'd never interact with otherwise.

Gurbaksh was skeptical at first but he liked the premise - Going undercover and helping people that have no expectations. In February, he was cast as the first Secret Millionaire and began filming the show.  During the week he filmed the show, he spent most of his time at two charities, St. Anthony’s Dining Room (soup kitchen) and Raphael House (a woman’s shelter). At the soup kitchen, he stood in line, ate food with the homeless, and helped out in the kitchen. Through this, he met some incredible personalities. At Raphael House, he met some amazing women who had one main goal in life, to be great mothers. At the end of his journey of “Secret Millionaire”, he donated over $100,000 to the charities and to 3 individuals with whom he had developed an emotional connection.

The biggest dreams of Gurbaksh Chahal came true in 2008 – The Dream and Secret Millionaire. “The Dream” is also now available in stores nationwide. The Dream is long form non-fictional account of his personal story on his road to achieving his dreams. The goal of this book is to inspire individuals throughout the world to understand the elements of risk in the pursuit of one’s dream.

To know more about Gurbaksh Chahal, please visit the site http://www.chahal.com

Gurbaksh Chahal is the founder of several advertising companies. He is the founder of BlueLithium and ClickAgents. BlueLithium was an ad network focused on data, optimization, analytics and a pioneer of behavioral targeting. You can also visit his blog (Gurbaksh Chahal - Founder of BlueLithium and Click Agents ) to learn more about his past, present and future projects.

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