AOL

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AOL
Type Subsidiary of Yahoo! Inc.
Founded 1983 (Control Video Corporation)
1985 (Quantum Computer Services)
1991 (America Online)
January 11, 2001 (AOL Time Warner)
2009 (AOL)
Headquarters New York City, New York, USA
Key people Marc Seriff, founder
Steve Case, founder
Jim Kimsey, founder
William von Meister, founder
Industry internet service
Products internet service
Number of people 5,600
Website https://www.aol.com/

AOL, a subsidiary of Yahoo! Inc., is a web portal and internet service provider.

Its internet suite is known as AOL Desktop.

Control Video Corporation

Control Video Corporation was founded in 1983.

Quantum Computer Services

Control Video Corporation was renamed Quantum Computer Services in 1985.

America Online

Quantum Computer Services was renamed America Online in 1991.

Time Warner merger

On January 11, 2001, Time Warner and AOL merged forming AOL Time Warner.

AOL was spun off from Time Warner in 2009.

Verizon aquisition

Verizon announced on May 12, 2015 its intention to purchase AOL. The acquisition cost was $4.4 billion USD.

Apollo Global Management aquisition

Verizon announced on May 3, 2021 that it would sell 90% of the Verizon Media division, including AOL, to Apollo Global Management for $5 billion USD. The division was renamed Yahoo! Inc.