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Rahul Roushan is an Indian blogger, businessman, and entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Faking News, a popular satirical website. He is also the founder of the online media company, ScoopWhoop. Roushan was born on 29 January 1980 in India. He completed his schooling from St. Xavier's School, Delhi and graduated from Delhi University. Roushan started his career as a software engineer in the year 2000. He worked for various companies such as Oracle, Microsoft, and Google. In 2008, he started his own blog, Faking News, which became a popular satirical website. In 2013, he founded ScoopWhoop, an online media company. Roushan is married and has two children. As of 2021, Rahul Roushan's net worth is estimated to be around $2 million. He has earned his wealth through his successful career as a blogger, businessman, and entrepreneur.

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Occupation Blogger, businessman
Age 44 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 29 January 1980
Birthday 29 January
Birthplace Patna, Bihar, India
Nationality India

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Timeline

2018

In November 2018, he became the CEO of a spin-off digital media startup – Aadhyaasi Media & Content Services, which took over the production of OpIndia from Swarajya. Ideologically oriented towards right-wing populism, OpIndia claims to be a fact-checking website, but has published fake news on multiple occasions. In May 2019, the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), an affiliate of the Poynter Institute, rejected its application to be accredited as a fact checker.

2016

He served as the editor of Faking News until 2016 and previously also worked as chief strategy officer for Swarajya, a conservative Indian magazine.

2008

In 2008, inspired by the American news satire website The Onion, Roushan started Faking News as a blog and wrote under the pseudonym Pagal Patrakaar (crazy journalist). In 2009, the blog was turned into a full-fledged website. In 2013, Faking News was acquired by Firstpost, a news portal of the Network 18 group, for an undisclosed amount. Roushan went on to serve as its editor till September 2016, when he switched to Swarajya as Chief Strategy Officer.

2007

While still being a student, he had launched crickstock.com, a virtual gaming website, ahead of the 2007 Cricket World Cup. Crickstock.com was later sold off to a US based online gaming company and Roushan chose a freelancing career as management consultant; one of his projects included helping the Bihar government set up a management institute in Patna, in 2008.

2001

Roushan comes from the city of Patna in Bihar. He graduated in Mathematics from Patna University in year 2001, and then received a postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) in New Delhi in 2002. Rahul is also an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad with a Post Graduate Diploma in Management granted in 2007. Roushan is settled in Mumbai, where he lives with his wife.

1980

Rahul Roushan (born 29 January 1980) is an Indian blogger and businessman. Roushan founded Faking News, a satirical news website, and is the CEO of OpIndia, a right-wing news portal that has published fake news. Originally from Patna, he is now based in Mumbai and is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Mass Communication and IIM-A.