Steve Case
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Steve Case Net Worth

Steve Case, born in McLean, Virginia in 1958, is the founder of AOL and Revolution, an investment company that is betting on the future of tech outside of Silicon Valley. Revolution has backed startups such as LivingSocial, Sweetgreen, Bigcommerce, and DraftKings. Case attended the prestigious Punahou School in Hawaii, and in 1985, he helped found Quantum Computer Services, which he later changed to America Online. In 2001, AOL merged with Time Warner in a $164 billion deal. Case also chairs Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure, a nonprofit he founded with his late brother, and his Case Foundation is devoted to using the Internet for philanthropy.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day August 21, 1958
Birth Place McLean, Virginia, United States
Age 65 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Virgo
Alma mater Williams College
Political party Independent
Spouse(s) Joanne Barker (1985–1996) Jean Villanueva (1998–present)
Children 1 son 4 daughters
Website Official website

💰 Net worth: $1.4 Billion (2024)

Steve Case, a prominent figure in the technology industry, is estimated to have a net worth of $1.4 billion by the year 2024. Steve Case is widely recognized for his significant contributions to the advancement of technology in the United States. As the co-founder of America Online (AOL), he played a crucial role in revolutionizing the way people access the internet in the late 20th century. His entrepreneurial skills and strategic vision propelled him to great success, leading to his substantial net worth. Steve Case continues to be an influential figure in the tech world, leaving a lasting impact on the industry.

2010 $1.1 Billion
2011 $1.3 Billion
2012 $1.7 Billion
2013 $1.4 Billion
2014 $1.2 Billion
2015 $1.35 Billion
2016 $1.3 Billion
2017 $1.3 Billion
2018 $1.33 Billion

Biography/Timeline

1976

Steve Case was born and grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii, the son of Carol (née Holmes) and Daniel Hebard Case. He graduated from the private Punahou School (Class of 1976) and attended Central Union Church.

1980

Case graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1980 with a degree in political science. For the next two years he worked as an assistant brand manager at Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1982 he joined Pizza Hut Inc. in Wichita, Kansas, serving as manager of new pizza marketing.

1983

In January 1983, his older brother Dan, an investment banker, introduced him to Bill von Meister, CEO of Control Video Corporation. The company was marketing a Service called GameLine for the Atari 2600 video game console that allowed users to download games via a phone line and modem. After that meeting, von Meister hired Case as a marketing consultant. Later that year, the company nearly went bankrupt and one of its Investors, Frank Caufield, brought in his friend Jim Kimsey as a Manufacturing consultant. Case later joined the company as a full-time marketing employee.

1985

In 1985, Case married Joanne Barker whom he had met while attending Williams College. The couple had three children and divorced in 1996. Two years later, in 1998, he married former AOL executive Jean Villanueva in a ceremony officiated by the Rev. Billy Graham. They and their four daughters and one son from previous marriages reside in McLean, Virginia at Merrywood, the childhood home of Jacqueline Bouvier.

1986

Among many initiatives in the early years of AOL, Case personally championed many innovative online interactive titles and games, including graphical chat environments Habitat (1986) and Club Caribe (1989), the first online interactive fiction series QuantumLink Serial by Tracy Reed (1988), Quantum Space, the first fully automated Play by email game (1989), and the original Dungeons & Dragons title Neverwinter Nights, the first Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) to depict the adventure with graphics instead of text (1991).

1997

He is also chairman of the Case Foundation, which he and his wife Jean Case created in 1997. In 2011, Steve and Jean Case, were honored as Citizens of the Year by the National Conference on Citizenship and interviewed by Stephanie Strom of The New York Times about their record of Service and philanthropic endeavors.

2001

After a decade of quick growth, AOL merged with media giant Time Warner in 2001, creating one of the world's largest media, entertainment and communications companies. The $164 billion acquisition was completed in January 2001 but quickly ran into trouble as part of the dot-com recession, compounded by accounting scandals. Case announced his resignation as chairman in January 2003, although he remained on the company's board of Directors for almost three more years.

2002

Case is a cousin of Ed Case, who served as a Hawaii congressman from 2002 through 2007.

2005

Following his departure from AOL, Case founded Revolution LLC in 2005 with Donn Davis and Tige Savage. Early Investments include Revolution Money, HelloWallet, AddThis, Zipcar, Living Social, and luxury travel club Exclusive Resorts. These last three were considered early bets on the new Web economy, and were early examples of what is now referred to as the 'sharing economy.' Zipcar went public in April 2011, earning a market valuation of more than $1 billion before being acquired by Avis Budget Group in January 2013.

2009

Case was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 2009. In 2011, he was appointed as a Citizen Regent of the Smithsonian Institution. Case was a co-chair of the Democracy Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center. In May 2014, Case received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Georgetown University.

2011

In 2011, Case, along with Ted Leonsis and Donn Davis, launched the $450 million Revolution Growth fund. The fund's Investments to date include Bigcommerce, CustomInk, Echo360, FedBid, Handy, Lolly Wolly Doodle, Optoro, Resonate, Revolution Foods, Sweetgreen, Sparefoot, Bedrock Manufacturing, LDiscovery, Interactions, Cava, DraftKings and Sportradar. In 2013, he launched the Revolution Ventures fund with Tige Savage and David Golden. Revolution Ventures has invested in BenchPrep, Booker, Busbud, Framebridge, Homesnap, Insikt, OrderUp, RunKeeper, MemberSuite, and PolicyGenius.

2014

Other exits include the purchase of Revolution Money by American Express in 2009 for $300 million, and on May 29, 2014 MorningStar announced plans to acquire HelloWallet for an undisclosed amount.

2016

He made an exception to remaining non-partisan by endorsing Hillary Clinton for the 2016 presidency, however, fueled by concern that Donald Trump's strict immigration policies would result in loss of jobs as many Fortune 500 companies were founded by immigrants or their children.

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