Nick Matzorkis Bel Air Residence

Nicholas Matzorkis, the 37-year-old founder of US Search.com and his wife, Susan, have purchased a Bel-Air home for about its $4.75-million asking price. Together, the couple developed US Search.com, a leading Internet-based provided of public record information. Nick Matzorkis was in the news in 1997 when we helped to discover the 39 Heaven’s Gate cult members in Rancho Santa Fe. Several Web page deisgners at his InterAct Entertainment Group were among those who died. Matzorkis sold control of US Search.com in 1998 but earned about $17 million from its initial public offering and retained title, salary and 10.4% interest, which is in a trust overseen by Rockefeller scion Nicholas Rockefeller. Rockefeller, an Internet attorney, also advised the couple on their home purchase. They bought a newly built 8,400-square-foot home with a tennis court on one acre.