Naveen Jain
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About
Known best for founding the InfoSpace (later renamed Blucora) internet service, this Indian entrepreneur also established and headed both the Inome public records company and the visionary Moon Express lunar exploration and mining organization.
Before Fame
After graduating from the Indian Institute of Technology with a degree in engineering, he received his Master of Business Administration degree from the XLRI School of Business and Human Resources.
Trivia
At the height of his career with Infospace, he was included on Forbes magazine's 2000 list of the wealthiest Americans.
Family Life
A native of Uttar Pradesh, India, he later settled in Medina, Washington, U.S.A., with his wife and his children Neil, Priyanka, and Ankur.
Associated With
He became a trustee of Peter Diamandis' space travel-aimed X Prize Foundation.
