Naveen Jain is an Indian born businessman who has risen to become regarded as one of the richest and most influential men in the United States. As is often the case with highly successful people his meteoric rise has not been without incidents and setbacks, with heavy losses and lawsuit disputes providing serious tests of his character and ability. Having showing his adeptness at putting these issues behind him the story of Naveen Jain is a success story which can prove an inspiration to anyone looking to make a name for themselves in the modern world and anyone keen to make a fortune.Naveen Jain passed the first twenty or so years of his life in his native India before making the move to the USA in a business exchange program.

He joined Microsoft as a program manager in the late 1980s before starting InfoSpace in 1996. Naveen Jain worked as Chief Executive at Infospace for a total of 6 years but staying on the board a further 3 years.  It was this period which saw his personal wealth soar to see him include towards the one billion dollars figure.

In the year 2000 the accumulated wealth of Naveen Jain had reached over 2 billion dollars and he made the list of 400 richest Americans, coming in at number 121. He reportedly lost 5 million dollars in the bankruptcy of Freei, a company for whom he worked on the board of directors. A loss like this would have ruined most people but Naveen Jain has continued to look for new ways of increasing his wealth and power through the setting up of cutting edge companies which serve a public need.

His latest venture, Intelius, began life in 2003. This new company provides the likes of background checks and protection against identity theft, working in the field of public records information.

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