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William F. von Meister (February 21, 1942 – May 18, 1995) was an American entrepreneur who founded and participated in a number of startup ventures in the Washington, D.C., area. These included The Source, an early online service and CompuServe competitor, and Control Video Corporation, a predecessor to AOL .
- F.W. von Meister
- February 21, 1942, New York City, United States
- Eleanora Colloredo-Mannsfeld
- May 18, 1995 (aged 53), Great Falls, Virginia, United States
Jul 17, 2019 · Von Meister and two engineers devised an information network based on “piggybacking” digital data on FM radio broadcasts using a single sideband. The system, which von Meister named Infocast, could broadcast data up to the limit of an FM broadcast (about 75 miles).
- Michael A. Banks
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Apr 26, 2014 · Two years latter when I tried to contact him, I was sad when I heard Bill Von Meister had died from pancreatic cancer that took his life in three months after diagnosis. When we last spoke he mentioned he had a pain in his gut and was going to see the doctor about it the following week.
Feb 28, 2023 · William Von Meister was an innovative entrepreneur who played a significant role in pioneering the early online services of the 1980s. He was born in New York City on February 21, 1942, into a noble German family that had ties to Kaiser Wilhelm II.
The first purely consumer on-line service in the United States was The Source. It was founded in 1978 by William von Meister, a local telecommunications entrepreneur who envisioned a ‘home information utility’ that would do for computers what AT&T did for telephones.
May 25, 1995 · May 25, 1995. William F. von Meister, 53, a pioneer of the online services industry, died May 18 in Great Falls, Va. He was known as a consummate entrepreneur and promoter whose...
Bill Von Meister's mourners had no idea what Steve Case was talking about. Case had come to Great Falls, Virginia, on May 20, 1995, to pay his respects at an informal memorial service for Von Meister, who had died just six months after being diagnosed with a swift and vicious melanoma that had finally managed to bridle his unruly spirit.
