Intelius Honors Five Student-Run Startups that are Changing Our World at the Kairos Global Summit

NEW YORK and BELLEVUE, Wash., Feb. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Intelius, a leading information commerce company, today announced recipients of the 2011 Intelius Entrepreneurship Awards at the Kairos Global Summit. The annual awards are designed to recognize exceptional entrepreneurs behind student-founded companies in the following categories: international, marketing, social impact, sustainability and technology.

As part of the 2011 Kairos Global Summit, the awards were presented by Intelius founder and CEO, Naveen Jain, on the balcony of the New York Stock Exchange. The Summit showcased 50 innovative student-run startups from around the world, and also featured a day of keynote presentations and mentoring workshops by global leaders at the United Nations.

"Intelius is extremely proud to honor five of the most exceptional young entrepreneurs of our time," said Mr. Jain. "These students embrace the core values of entrepreneurship and innovation, never fearing failure but embracing it to solve the world's greatest challenges. We applaud their ideas, innovation and passion and believe their achievements will drive the global economy forward and establish new standards in corporate social responsibility."

In its third year, the Kairos Society is a non-profit network of the best and brightest students from the U.S. and around the world. Each year the organization hosts a Global Summit which brings together more than 350 student entrepreneurs and the foremost business leaders to discuss solutions to the world's most pressing problems.

"The companies honored today by Intelius represent the best of what the Kairos Society stands for," said Ankur Jain, president of the Kairos Society. "Each serves as an example of how one individual can reinvent the American dream and inspire millions of young entrepreneurs to do the same. In addition to creating jobs and driving innovation, these college students are identifying new ways to address some of the world's greatest challenges, including energy, clean water and health care."

Startups were selected based on innovation, creativity, marketability and scalability. Following are this year's recipients of the 2011 Intelius Entrepreneurship Award:

In addition to its awards, Intelius is also sponsoring an internship program for active Kairos Society members. This year a limited number of eight week internships will be available during the summer of 2011. To apply, send resumes to [email protected] by March 11. Interns will be announced by March 23.

ABOUT INTELIUS

Intelius is a leading information commerce company providing businesses and consumers with information to empower the decision-making process for peace of mind and security. To date, Intelius has gained more than 12 million unique customers who use Intelius' information to reconnect and protect their loved ones, businesses and assets. Intelius has 30 million unique users visiting its sites each month. Intelius' services include background checks, people search services, comprehensive employment screening services and an award-winning identity theft prevention product, IDProtect™. Intelius is one of the top 100 most trafficked sites on the Internet, according to comScore/Media Metrix. For more about Intelius' business, news and policies, visit www.intelius.com/corp.

ABOUT THE KAIROS SOCIETY

The Kairos Society is a student-led and operated non-profit organization designed to foster entrepreneurism among college students. The organization fosters global entrepreneurship and innovation by uniting the brightest undergraduates from around the world, the most recognized entrepreneurial firms and the most passionate mentors, who themselves are international economic executives, collaborating to ensure a fruitful global economy and international relationships. Kairos chapters include the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, Stanford, Tufts, Duke, MIT, Emory, Furman, USC, Columbia, NYU and many more, with students from nine countries including China, Israel and the UK. For more information, please visit: http://www.kairossociety.com. international, marketing, social impact, sustainability, and technology

SOURCE Intelius