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  1. Jim Kimsey, who has died of cancer at the age of 76, was the co-founder of the internet pioneer AOL, and also served as Chairman of the International Commission on Missing Persons, which is ...

  2. Mr. Case oversaw AOL’s expansion into a media conglomerate with a $220 billion market capitalization. “I think one of the best things I ever did was let Steve run the company,” Mr. Kimsey ...

  3. Mr. Kimsey became a behind-the-scenes power broker and enjoyed his fortune — at one point, he was worth $1 billion. His signature Bentley, driven by his close friend and driver, Kissinguer Mom ...

  4. Mar 1, 2016 · The classmate was Steve Case, nearly two decades Kimsey's junior, and he was the brains who helped iterate the company into a formidable dial-up Internet service that briefly had a market value of ...

  5. Mar 2, 2016 · He lived in a 60,000-square-foot, $45 million home in McLean, with an invisible-edge pool overlooking the Potomac River and an adjacent Frank Lloyd Wright-designed guest house. “I think one of the best things I ever did was let Steve run the company,” Kimsey told The Post in 1995.

  6. Mar 1, 2016 · “I think one of the best things I ever did was let Steve run the company,” Kimsey was quoted as saying in a 1995 Washington Post article. “Today that one decision to get out of the way makes me look like a genius.” Kimsey said in 1995 that he would step down as chairman, years before AOL’s ill-fated merger with Time Warner.

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  8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jim_KimseyJim Kimsey - Wikipedia

    Jim Kimsey. James Verlin Kimsey (September 15, 1939 – March 1, 2016) was the co-founder of AOL. He was the first chairman of the company and its CEO until 1995. [1] Although Kimsey is best known for having helped to create AOL, he also spearheaded many other business, military and philanthropic endeavors.

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