Social Networking Genealogy Web Site Geni.com Hits 5 Million Profiles
7/2/07 – Geni.com, the Los Angeles-based company that uses social networking to connect users by their genealogy, today announced that it has acquired over 5 million profiles since launching in mid-January.
Founded with considerable fanfare by David Sacks, former COO of PayPal and producer of the film “Thank You for Smoking,” the site is without doubt one of the more innovative genealogy sites on the web, allowing families to basically collaborate to build their family trees and create profiles for the people in those trees.
Geni says the site has seen many users already connect with long-lost relatives, adding new branches to their family trees.
The company was founded last year by Sacks and former executives and early employees of PayPal, Yahoo! Groups, EBay and Tribe. Its investors include Founders Fund and Charles River Ventures.
Geni – www.geni.com
