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Stephen McConnell Case is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist best known as the former chief executive officer and chairman of America Online (AOL). Case joined AOL's predecessor company, Quantum Computer Services, as a marketing vice-president in 1985, became CEO of the company in 1991, and, at the height of the dot-com bubble in 2000, orchestrated with Gerald M. Levin the merger that created AOL Time Warner, described as "the biggest train wreck in the history of corporate America."
AOL is an American web portal and online service provider based in New York City, and a brand marketed by Yahoo! Inc.
August 21 is the 233rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 132 days remain until the end of the year.