Silicon Valley CEO called employees n****rs & hit 3 women, lawsuit claims

A Silicon Valley CEO has been accused of using racial slurs in the office, violently attacking women and firing an employee who allegedly tried to prevent him from hitting a female – a number of lawsuits claim.

The Daily Beast published a comprehensive report detailing several open lawsuits accusing Gurbaksh Chahal of hiring women based on their looks, misleading investors and making a death threat against an employee.

The Indian-American internet entrepreneur, Chahal founded two internet advertising companies ClickAgents and BlueLithium, the latter of which was sold to Yahoo for $300million in 2007. He also founded RadiumOne and Gravity4, also internet ad companies and, recently, launched a new a bitcoin-like cryptocurrency earlier this month with the endorsement of Paris Hilton.

The Board of RadiumOne, however, fired Chahal following a domestic violence incident. In 2013, the tech mogul was filmed in his San Francisco penthouse hitting and kicking his girlfriend 117 times. After he managed to get the 47 felony counts against him dropped, he remained in charge of the company. However, soon after, Chahal published a series of online blog posts declaring his innocence and accusing his victim of having sex with other people for money.