Steve Case — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Former CEO and Chairman of America Online (AOL)
Orchestrated the merger that created AOL Time Warner in 2000
Founder of Revolution LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based venture-capital firm
Author of "The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur's Vision of the Future" (2016), a New York Times bestselling book
Author of "The Rise of the Rest: How Entrepreneurs in Surprising Places Are Building the New American Dream" (2022)
Graduated from Williams College in 1980 with a degree in political science

Biography

Stephen McConnell Case is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He is widely recognized as the former chief executive officer and chairman of America Online (AOL). Case joined AOL's predecessor, Quantum Computer Services, as a marketing vice-president in 1985, becoming CEO of the renamed AOL in 1991 and chairman in 1995. At the height of the dot-com bubble in 2000, he orchestrated the merger that created AOL Time Warner.