
Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Intelius, Inc.
Greater Seattle Area

Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Intelius, Inc.
Greater Seattle Area
Naveen Jain founded Intelius in January 2003 and is currently its Chief Executive Officer. Intelius Filed for its IPO in 2008 at NYSE under the symbol II. Previously, Naveen founded InfoSpace in March 1996 and was its CEO until December 2002. Infospace filed for its IPO in 1998 at NASDAQ under the symbol INSP. Previous to InfoSpace, Jain was a senior executive at Microsoft Corporation from June 1989 to March 1996.
Entrepreneurship. Business Deals. M&A.
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
January 2003 — Present (6 years 11 months)
Naveen Jain is a founder and CEO at Intelius, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. Naveen started Intelius in January 2003 with a mission to empower consumers with online information for personal protection and intelligent decisions. Intelius filed for its initial public offering in 2008 at New York Stock Exchange under the symbol II.
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; INSP; Internet industry)
March 1996 — December 2002 (6 years 10 months)
Naveen Jain is a Founder of Infospace which he founded in March 1996 after leaving Microsoft. He was its Chief Executive Officer until december 2002 when he left Infospace to start Intelius Inc. He took Infospace public on NASDAQ in 1998 and acquired 29 companies in the first 2 years as a public company.
InfoSpace has its corporate head quarter in Bellevue, Washington, and additional facilities in the United States, the United Kingdom, and The Netherlands. The company is listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker INSP.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Financial Services industry)
1996 — 2002 (6 years )
(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
June 1989 — March 1996 (6 years 10 months)
Naveen was Group manager at MSN, Internet services. Naveen joined Microsoft in 1989 and worked in various groups until he left in 1996 to start Infospace.
M.B.A. , 1980 — 1982
BS Engineering , 1975 — 1979
Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Top 20 Entrepreneurs (Red Herring)
6 People Who Will Change the Net (Information Week)
Albert Einstein Technology Medal Winner.
American Business Award Best New Company (Intelius)
WSA Industry Achievement Award (Intelius' IDWatch)