<Tr> <Th> Known for </Th> <Td> Hotmail.com </Td> </Tr> <P> Sabeer Bhatia (born 30 December 1968) is an Indian entrepreneur who founded the webmail company Hotmail.com . </P> <P> After graduation, Sabeer briefly worked for Apple Computer (as a hardware engineer) and Firepower Systems Inc . He, along with his colleague Jack Smith, set up Hotmail on 4 July 1996, American Independence Day, symbolizing "freedom" from ISP - based e-mail and the ability to access a user's inbox from anywhere in the world </P> <P> As President and CEO, Bhatia led Hotmail until its eventual acquisition by Microsoft in 1998 . Bhatia worked at Microsoft for one year after the Hotmail acquisition and in April 1999, left Microsoft to start another venture, Arzoo Inc, an e-commerce firm . In July 2011 Hotmail had 360 million registered users, less than Google's Gmail service . </P>

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