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	'''Stephen McConnell Case''' (born August 21, 1958) is an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and author who is best known as the co-founder and former chief executive officer and chairman of [[AOL\|America Online (AOL)]], one of the pioneering companies of the internet era. At its peak in 2002, AOL had 26.7 million subscribers and was the dominant internet service provider in the United States, fundamentally changing how Americans accessed and interacted with the digital world. Case's leadership helped transform AOL from a small online service into a cultural phenomenon that introduced millions of people to email, instant messaging, chatrooms, and the concept of online community.		'''Stephen McConnell Case''' (born August 21, 1958) is an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and author who is best known as the co-founder and former chief executive officer and chairman of [[AOL\|America Online (AOL)]], one of the pioneering companies of the internet era.<ref name="forbes">{{cite web \|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/-teve-ase/ \|title=Steve Case \|publisher=Forbes \|access-date=December 2025}}</ref> At its peak in 2002, AOL had 26.7 million subscribers and was the dominant internet service provider in the United States, fundamentally changing how Americans accessed and interacted with the digital world. Case's leadership helped transform AOL from a small online service into a cultural phenomenon that introduced millions of people to email, instant messaging, chatrooms, and the concept of online community.

	In 2000, Case orchestrated one of the most consequential and controversial corporate mergers in American history: the $164 billion union of AOL with [[Time Warner]], creating what was briefly the world's largest media and entertainment company. The merger, announced at the height of the dot-com bubble, collapsed spectacularly in the years that followed, destroying approximately $200 billion in shareholder value and earning a permanent place in business school curricula as a cautionary tale about corporate hubris and the dangers of overvalued stock currency. The deal has been called "the biggest train wreck in the history of corporate America" and "the worst merger in history."		In 2000, Case orchestrated one of the most consequential and controversial corporate mergers in American history: the $164 billion union of AOL with [[Time Warner]], creating what was briefly the world's largest media and entertainment company. The merger, announced at the height of the dot-com bubble, collapsed spectacularly in the years that followed, destroying approximately $200 billion in shareholder value and earning a permanent place in business school curricula as a cautionary tale about corporate hubris and the dangers of overvalued stock currency. The deal has been called "the biggest train wreck in the history of corporate America" and "the worst merger in history."

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