Naveen grew up in India where he and his family had to relocate every 6 months due to dealing with poverty.  Resources were so scarce that Naveen remembers school being outdoors and not having proper utensils and tools to write/learn.  As he talks about in the episode, the love and care he received from his family outweighed all the difficult times.

After college, Naveen came to the United States with just $5 in his pockets in search for a better future.  He worked at several Silicon Valley startups before joining Microsoft as a program manager.  After working for Microsoft for 7 years, he decided to quit and start an internet company called InfoSpace, which eventually led him to becoming a billionaire.

Since then, Naveen has started 7 other businesses including most recently Viome, where he currently serves as the CEO.  Viome was founded on the question: "What really causes diseases/illnesses, and why can't we make diseases/illnesses a matter of choice?"  He has also co-founded Moon Express, which was founded on the question: "Why can't humans travel and live on the moon?"

Today, Naveen is still one of just a few people on earth to own a private space company.