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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. Mar 1, 2016 · He was 76. His death was confirmed on Facebook by Steve Case, AOL's other founder, who described his friend's "pivotal" role in creating a business that was synonymous with the Internet...

  3. Mar 2, 2016 · Jim Kimsey, a dot-com entrepreneur who helped turn a failed video game company into America Online, the giant dial-up service that helped bring the Internet to the masses, died on Tuesday at...

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

    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. Although Kimsey is best known for having helped to create AOL, he also spearheaded many other business, military and philanthropic endeavors.

  5. Mar 1, 2016 · James V. Kimsey, a flinty former Army Ranger and Washington businessman who teamed with a young marketing expert named Steve Case to start America Online, the early dial-up service that put...

  6. Mar 2, 2016 · James V. Kimsey, a flinty former Army Ranger and Washington businessman who teamed with a young marketing expert named Steve Case to start America Online, the early dial-up service that put millions of people on the Internet and informed them, “You’ve got mail,” died March 1 at his home in McLean, Va. He was 76.

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  8. Mar 1, 2016 · Kimsey said in 1995 that he would step down as chairman, years before AOL’s ill-fated merger with Time Warner. Case took over from him. Mark Kimsey said that after retiring from AOL, his father focused on philanthropy.

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