Intelius in Good Hands with CEO Naveen Jain
Intelius, Inc. is a Bellevue, Washington-based information commerce company that deals with providing intelligence and protection services needed by consumers and businesses to make sound and risk-free everyday decisions. Founded in 2003, it started out as an online supplier of publicly available information people need in order to do background checks and identity verification. Over its six years in operations, it has become a leader in an emerging industry, coming up additional services such as identity theft prevention and comprehensive employment screening packages.
Intelius’ success is mainly due to the efficiency of its services and the innovative vision of its man-in-charge, its CEO and President Naveen Jain.
Naveen Jain’s dynamism and innovative thrust has earned him distinctions such as the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, the Albert Einstein Technology Medal Winner, and Red Herring’s Top 20 Entrepreneurs for 2007.
With Naveen Jain’s guidance and vision, the firm continues to be in good hands in terms of consumer acceptance and financial growth. Backed by solid technical experience as a Microsoft group manager, he envisioned a big future in information commerce. As founder of InfoSpace in 1996, Jain harnessed the capability of the Internet as a powerful medium in offering relevant content to consumers and properties. With the establishment of Intellius in 2003, Naveen Jain uncovered a vast market for information security that has remained untapped and transformed it into a profitable and enduring market for the company’s premium security services.
During its first year, INC. 500 Magazine recorded the company’s annual revenue at $5.3 million, which increased to $18.1 million in 2004. Two years after, it reached $54.7 million and eventually achieved an unprecedented peak of $88.5 million. As a result, it tallied as the 30th fastest growing company in INC. 500’s list of Seattle-based companies. Its online services are among the most frequented sites on the Internet, according to comScore.
