AOL

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.