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| Type of business | Privately held company |
|---|---|
| Founded | June 2006 |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Founder(s) | David O. Sacks Alan Braverman Amos Elliston |
| President | Gilad Japhet |
| General manager | Michael Stangel (USA) |
| Industry | Genealogy, Social networking services |
| Parent | MyHeritage |
| URL | www |
Geni is an American commercial genealogy and social networking website, founded in 2006,[1] and owned by MyHeritage,[2][3] an Israeli private company, since November 2012.[4] As of 2024[update], MyHeritage has kept its genealogical website separate from Geni's website, though you can still match Geni profiles to trees on MyHeritage and to other family tree sites and digitized records.[5]
The New York Times groups it with FamilyLink.com and Ancestry.com, "a vast and growing trove of digitized records".[6] As of September 16, 2024[update], around 192,774,380 profiles had been created on Geni.[7]
- ^ launched January 2007 David Sarno (August 5, 2007). "Fertilizing the family tree on Geni.com". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ Arrington, Michael (January 12, 2007). "PayPal, Pulp Fiction and Geni". TechCrunch. Retrieved January 20, 2007.
- ^ "Geni.com launches venture backed family tree site". SocalTech.com. January 16, 2007. Retrieved January 20, 2007.
- ^ "Geni is Joining the MyHeritage Family". Geni (Press release). November 28, 2012.
- ^ "What are Smart Matches™?". Retrieved December 24, 2021.
- ^ Mickey Meece (May 18, 2011). "Finding Family History Online". The New York Times.
- ^ "Geni's World Family Tree". Retrieved December 24, 2021.