MyHeritage
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| Type | Privately held company |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Headquarters | Bnei Atarot (near Tel Aviv) |
| Key people | Gilad Japhet (CEO) |
| Industry | Internet |
| Website | http://www.myheritage.com |
| Type of site | Social Network Service |
| Registration | Yes |
| Available in | English, Spanish, Portuguese-Brazil, Portuguese, French, Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, Korean, Turkish, Italian, German, Russian, Swedish, Norwegian, Hebrew, Dutch, Greek, Thai, Hindi, Ukranian, Czech, Polish, Hungarian |
| Current status | Active |
MyHeritage is a family-oriented social network service that allows users to create an online family tree, share pictures, organize family events, and search for ancestors online.[1][2][3] MyHeritage is also known for its face recognition algorithm used to scan a person’s uploaded photo and match them to various celebrities in the MyHeritage celebrity database.[4][5]
MyHeritage was founded in 2003 and is located in the village of Bnei Atarot (near Tel Aviv).[6] In 2007, the site had 17.2 million subscribers and a database of 150,000 family trees with 180 million people profiles. MyHeritage has raised 9 million US dollars in funding, about half of which is from venture capital firm Accel.[7]
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[edit] References
- ^ New Ways to Dig For Your Roots Online. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
- ^ MyHeritage.com. Washington Post. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
- ^ Family Trees Grow Online, Advice On Researching Your Roots. CBS News. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
- ^ You look like which star? Or not, at MyHeritage.com. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
- ^ Living: You may have a famous face. The Seattle Times. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
- ^ Company history and culture. www.myheritage.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
- ^ MyHeritage Takes 180 Million People Profiles To War With Geni. TechCrunch. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
