WhitePages.com

WhitePages, Inc.
Type Private
Founded 1997
Headquarters Seattle, Washington, US
Key people Alex Algard (Founder and CEO)
Industry Internet
Revenue $57 million[1]
Website WhitePages.com
Type of site Directory
Registration Optional
Users 20 million unique users a month[2]
Current status Active

WhitePages.com is a website with a searchable directory of contact information and other information, mainly about people.[3] WhitePages.com is used as a directory service of major organizations such as MSN and the United States Postal Service. Started in 1997 by Alex Algard in his dorm room at Stanford University, WhitePages became the largest independent provider of contact information on the Internet.[1][4][5]

International

The company also edits Whitepages for Canada under the web address Whitepages.ca

References

  1. ^ a b "How A Student With $1,100, Launched WhitePages, A $57 Mil A Year Business". Mixergy. Feb 2, 2010. http://mixergy.com/whitepages-alex-algard/. 
  2. ^ Rebecca Collins (November 17, 2010). "WhitePages hires new CTO". TechFlash. http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/11/whitepages-taps-new-cto.html. 
  3. ^ Matt Marshall (May 7, 2009). "The background-check scams: Is WhitePages really better than Intelius?". VentureBeat. http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/07/the-background-check-scams-is-whitepages-really-better-than-intelius/. 
  4. ^ "The Journey so far". WhitePages. http://www.whitepagesinc.com/about/timeline. 
  5. ^ John Cook (November 5, 2010). "Seeking top talent, WhitePages plans office in Palo Alto". TechFlash. http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/11/whitepages-to-open-office-in-palo-alto.html.