America Online

Founded: May 24, 1985 Original name: Quantum Computer Services IPO: March 19, 1992 Market cap at IPO: $61.8 million Market cap July 30, 1999: $105 billion Value of Steve Case's shares: $1.3 billion Value of $100 investment made at IPO: $28,000-plus TOTAL REVENUES End of fiscal year 1992: $26.6 million End of fiscal year 1999: […]

  1. Founded: May 24, 1985

  2. Original name: Quantum Computer Services

  3. IPO: March 19, 1992

  4. Market cap at IPO: $61.8 million

  5. Market cap July 30, 1999: $105 billion

  6. Value of Steve Case's shares: $1.3 billion

  7. Value of $100 investment made at IPO: $28,000-plus TOTAL REVENUES

  8. End of fiscal year 1992: $26.6 million

  9. End of fiscal year 1999: $4.8 billion NET EARNINGS

  10. End of fiscal year 1992: $3.5 million

  11. End of fiscal year 1999: $396 million NUMBER OF FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES

  12. End of fiscal year 1992: 97

  13. End of fiscal year 1999: 12,500 OFFICE SPACE

  14. 1992: 37,000 square feet

  15. 1999: 4.5 million square feet SERVICE

  16. Debut of first AOL service (for Commodore machines only): 1985

  17. Debut of AOL for Mac: 1989

  18. Debut of AOL for Windows: January 1993

  19. Debut of AOL with Net access: March 1994 AOL MEMBERS

  20. End of fiscal year 1992: 181,000

  21. August 1994: 1 million

  22. End of fiscal year 1999: 17.6 million CORPORATE ACQUISITIONS, JUNE '98 TO JUNE '99

  23. Digital Marketing Services June 15, 1999
    Online incentive marketing and market research provider

  24. Nullsoft June 1, 1999
    Music downloading and streaming technology; creator of Winamp and Shoutcast

  25. Spinner.com June 1, 1999
    Internet audio content provider

  26. Moviefone May 21, 1999
    Movie listings and ticketing

  27. When April 5, 1999
    Online personal event directory and calendar

  28. Netscape March 17, 1999
    Web browser and portal

  29. PersonaLogic November 11, 1998
    Consumer decision-making and buying guide technology

  30. Mirabilis June 8, 1998
    Communication and chat technology; creator of ICQ AMERICA, ONLINE Number of personal ads placed on Love@AOL.com: 317,000

  31. Number of reported successfully matched couples: 8,000 to 10,000

  32. Most visited chat in 1992: Reverend Billy Graham

  33. Number of participants: 900

  34. Most visited chat in 1999: Clinton Tapes live event

  35. Number of participants: 377,000

  36. Number of simultaneous users the network can handle: 1 million

  37. Number of customer service representatives: 7,000

  38. Year AOL introduced content area reached by keyword "murder": 1995

  39. Year AOL removed keyword "murder": 1997

  40. Year AOL introduced "Welcome, you've got mail!": 1989

  41. Average daily usage in 1992: 5 minutes

  42. Average daily usage in 1999: 54 minutes