AOL

Summary

AOL is an online service provider^[1]. AOL draws 3,083 Wikipedia views per month (online_service_provider category, ranking #1 of 3).^[2]

Key Facts

• AOL is in the country of United States^[3].
• AOL's instance of is recorded as online service provider^[4].
• AOL's instance of is recorded as media company^[5].
• AOL's instance of is recorded as web portal^[6].
• AOL's instance of is recorded as business^[7].
• AOL's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[8].
• AOL's instance of is recorded as search engine^[9].
• AOL's instance of is recorded as company^[10].
• AOL's founder is recorded as Marc Seriff^[11].
• AOL's founder is recorded as Steve Case^[12].
• AOL's founder is recorded as Jim Kimsey^[13].
• AOL is owned by Bending Spoons^[14].
• AOL is owned by Verizon Communications^[15].
• AOL is owned by Apollo Global Management^[16].
• AOL's headquarters location is recorded as New York City^[17].
• AOL's chief executive officer is recorded as Tim Armstrong^[18].
• AOL's programmed in is recorded as Q2407^[19].
• AOL's operating system is recorded as Q11248^[20].
• AOL's child organization or unit is recorded as Netscape^[21].
• AOL's child organization or unit is recorded as Weblogs, Inc.^[22].
• AOL's child organization or unit is recorded as Relegence^[23].
• AOL's child organization or unit is recorded as Personal Library Software^[24].
• AOL's child organization or unit is recorded as Spinner^[25].
• AOL's child organization or unit is recorded as Third Screen Media^[26].
• AOL's child organization or unit is recorded as NaviSoft^[27].

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Founding

Founders include Marc Seriff^[11], Steve Case^[12], and Jim Kimsey^[13]. Recorded inception include 1983^[28] and 1985^[29].

Identity

AOL's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'AmericaOnLine Inc.'}^[30].

Leadership

AOL's chief executive officer is recorded as Tim Armstrong^[18].

Operations

AOL's headquarters location is recorded as New York City^[17]. Parent organizations include Yahoo Inc.^[31] and Bending Spoons^[32]. Subsidiaries include Netscape^[21], a trademark^[33], in United States^[34], founded in 1994^[35], headquartered in Mountain View^[36]; Weblogs, Inc.^[22], a business^[37], founded in 2003^[38]; Relegence^[23], a business^[39], headquartered in United States^[40]; Personal Library Software^[24], a business^[41], headquartered in United States^[42]; Spinner^[25], a business^[43], headquartered in United States^[44]; and Third Screen Media^[26], a business^[45], in United States^[46], headquartered in United States^[47].

Industry

Industries include media industry^[48], technology industry^[49], mass media^[50], Internet industry^[51], and software industry^[52].

Ownership

Owners include Bending Spoons^[14], a business^[53], in Italy^[54], founded in 2013^[55], headquartered in Milan^[56]; Verizon Communications^[15], a business^[57], in United States^[58], founded in 1983^[59], headquartered in New York City^[60]; and Apollo Global Management^[16], a private equity firm^[61], in United States^[62], founded in 1990^[63], headquartered in Solow Building^[64]. AOL's product or material produced is recorded as software^[65].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for AOL include Volksparkstadion^[66], an association football venue^[67], in Germany^[68].

Why It Matters

AOL draws 3,083 Wikipedia views per month (online_service_provider category, ranking #1 of 3).^[2] AOL has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[69] AOL is known by 86 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[70]

Entities named for AOL include Volksparkstadion^[66], an association football venue^[67], in Germany^[68].