Naveen Jain

Naveen K. Jain (born 6 September 1959)[1] is an Indian-American business executive, entrepreneur, and the founder and former CEO of InfoSpace. InfoSpace briefly became one of the largest internet companies in the American Northwest, before the crash of the dot-com bubble and a series of lawsuits involving Jain. In 2010 Jain co-founded Moon Express, where he is the executive chairman, and in 2016 founded Viome, where he is the CEO.[2]

Early life

Naveen Jain was born in 1959 to a Jain family.[3] He grew up in New Delhi and in villages in Uttar Pradesh, India.[4]

Jain moved to Roorkee, where in 1979 he earned an engineering degree from

Post-InfoSpace

Intelius

In 2003, Jain co-founded Intelius.[20] The company collected and sold background information on individuals. It grew to $18.1 million in revenues by 2004 and $88.5 million in 2007 with $22.5 million in profits. It filed an initial public offering in 2008. The site was the subject of many consumer complaints concerning post-transaction marketing practices, where consumers were led to believe they were answering a short survey for $10 cash back, but were actually signed up for a $20-per-month subscription.[21] He re-formed the company under the name Inome in 2012.[22] In 2015 the company was sold, with Jain retaining a 25 percent interest, and a new CEO was appointed.[23]

TalentWise

Jain founded Talentwise, a spin-off from Intelius, which was sold in 2016.[2][24]

Moon Express

Jain co-founded Moon Express in August 2010 and is its chairman. The company is building machine-operated spacecraft to mine materials like gold, cobalt, platinum, and Helium-3 (nuclear energy fuel) from the Moon. It will also prospect for water on the Moon's south pole, which could be used to create rocket fuel for missions to Mars and beyond.[25][26] Jain claimed his target for Moon Express was to found human colonies on the Moon by 2022.[27]

Bluedot

Jain is founder and CEO of Bluedot. Started in 2015, Bluedot licenses research from United States Department of Energy national labs for commercialization.[28] Jain is founder and CEO of Bluedot's spinoff Viome (founded in 2016). Viome provides nutritional genomics testing and analysis services, especially of the gut flora, and provides dietary advice.[2][29]

Other activities

Jain is a member of the board of Kairos Society, a non-profit network of undergraduate entrepreneurs, founded by his son.[3] He is also on the board of the Xprize Foundation and Singularity University. In collaboration with his wife, the Anu and Naveen Jain Women’s Safety Xprize was launched in October 2016 and was intended to run until June 2018, with a goal of awarding $1 million to a team who creates an affordable device that can quickly, automatically, and quietly send an emergency alert to responders.[30][31]

Jain collects meteorites. His collection, which by 2012 had cost him $5 million, consists of 'witnessed falls'; meteorites that observers have seen moving through the atmosphere.[32][33]

birth date	September 6, 1959
birth place	Uttar Pradesh, India
children	3, including Ankur Jain
occupation	Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Moon Express, CEO of Viome
known for	Founder and former CEO of Infospace
education	IIT Roorkee (BE)
website	naveenjain.com

Early life

Early career

InfoSpace

Growth

Crash and fallout