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Steve Case
Inducted 2008
Steve
Case Chairman and CEO, Revolution Co-Founder, America Online
Chairman, The Case Foundation
Steve
Case launched Revolution, a company that seeks to drive
transformative change by shifting power to consumers, in April of
2005. Revolution’s mission is to partner with entrepreneurs in
building businesses that give people more choice, control and
convenience in important areas of their lives.
Revolution’s current activities are focused on companies in the
health, financial, resort, wellness and digital sectors. Prior to
starting Revolution, Steve was the Chair and CEO of America Online,
Inc., and later, the Chairman of AOL Time Warner. As the co-Founder
of AOL, Steve played an integral role in building the world's
largest Internet company and helped transform how people
communicate, learn and conduct business. AOL brought millions of
Americans their first connection to the Internet and drove worldwide
adoption of a medium that has become more valuable than the
telephone or television.
Steve
also ensured that AOL led the industry on issues like making the
Internet a safe place for children, bridging the "digital divide,"
and investing in online philanthropy.
Steve
is currently Chairman of two non-profit organizations, the Case
Foundation, a private family foundation he established in 1997 with
his wife Jean and Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure (ABC2), an
entrepreneurial approach to funding brain cancer research that he
founded in 2001 with his late brother Dan.
In
addition, Steve was a founding organizer of Business Strengthening
America and has served as vice chair of the Committee to Encourage
Corporate Philanthropy. He was also honored with the National
Mentoring Partnership Leadership Award. Steve was born and raised in
Hawaii, where he remains a leading advocate for combining respect
for the islands’ native culture and environment with job creation
and economic growth. He is a major investor in two Hawaii
businesses -- Grove Farm of Kauai and Maui Land & Pineapple -- that
are developing fresh operating models for the agriculture industry
and sustainable communities for residents and visitors. Steve
has resided in the Washington, DC area for the past two decades.
Revolution’s headquarters are in downtown Washington.
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