Intelius is a public records business which provides information and offers services to consumers and businesses that includes background checks and identity theft protection. Founded in 2003, Intelius has a mission to empower consumers with online information for personal protection and intelligent decisions. A majority of Intelius’ revenue comes from selling background reports. You can use the service of Intelius to do background checks for dating or for employee background checks.
The founder and CEO of Intelius is Naveen Jain. According to Wikipedia, Naveen was ranked 121 on the 400 Richest Americans in 2000, with a net worth of USD$2,200 million. Previously, Naveen launched InfoSpace in March 1996 with the vision of delivering real-world information on the Internet – anytime, anywhere and on any device. InfoSpace itself is an early online search engine and directory. InfoSpace provides metasearch and private-label Internet search services for consumers and businesses.
Previous to InfoSpace, Jain was a Program Manager at Microsoft Corporation from June 1989 to March 1996. His job was to define what a product should do from a consumer point of view and what it is that Microsoft wanted the program to be. He needed to blend visions of software coders with market demands. Go to LinkedIn and Crunchbase for more information about Naveen Jain.