A person doesn’t get to where he is at the top if it weren’t for hard work. That’s what Naveen Jain did! Work hard, that is. He is a self-made millionaire who founded Intelius. The company specializes in public records information and offers background checks and identity theft protection to consumers and businesses. Before that, he founded InfoSpace with little financing. That alone is impressive already. InfoSpace, since its inception in 1998, agreed to a $4 billion merger with Go2Net.

Naveen Jain worked for the web genius himself, Bill Gates. He worked for Microsoft as Program Manager for seven years until he left in 1996 to pursue his own destiny. As I’ve said, he founded InfoSpace and then Intelius. Aside from that he also owns stakes in Mail.com, Xoom.com, ImageX. Naveen belongs to the Forbes 400 richest in America in 2000.

I love hearing stories of self-made millionaires. It gives you and me the hope that we can also make it. Working hard is the key. If we work hard and we focus on our goals, then we can also achieve what they have achieved! Be in the list of the richest people in the world in Forbes magazine. Yes!

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