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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 .
Wilhelm Meister (1827–1895) founded the chemical company Teerfarbenfabrik Meister, Lucius & Co. which eventually became Hoechst AG. He was the great-grandfather of William von Meister, one of the founders of Control Video Corporation which later became America Online. Pascal Soriot (the now-chief executive of AstraZeneca) held positions with ...
AOL began in 1983, as a short-lived venture called Control Video Corporation (CVC), founded by William von Meister.Its sole product was an online service called GameLine for the Atari 2600 video game console, after von Meister's idea of buying music on demand was rejected by Warner Bros. [8] Subscribers bought a modem from the company for $49.95 and paid a one-time $15 setup fee.
Marc S. Seriff (born May 5, 1948 in Austin, Texas) is best known as the CTO and co-founder of America Online, [ 1] along with Jim Kimsey (CEO), Steve Case, and William von Meister (as Control Video Corporation).
CVC was founded by William von Meister to market an online service called GameLine for the Atari 2600 video game console. Von Meister had previously hired Steve Case as a marketing consultant on the recommendation of Case's brother, investment banker Dan Case. Von Meister quietly left the company in early 1985. [8]
1795–1796. Preceded by. Wilhelm Meister's Theatrical Calling (Wilhelm Meisters theatralische Sendung) (1777–1785) Followed by. Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years (Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre) (1821–1829) Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship (German: Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre) is the second novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published in ...
In 1983, cable pioneer William von Meister was looking for a way to use his modem transmission technology, which was previously acquired in ill-fated attempts of sending music to cable companies. Legal issues caused cable providers to step away from the service, leaving Von Meister with a delivery tool and no content.
William von Meister: 1999 Proprietary: Ask.com: IAC: 1996 Proprietary: Unknown Unknown Yes Yes Baidu: Baidu, Inc: 2000 Proprietary: Brave Search: Brendan Eich and Brian Bondy Brave Software, Inc. 2021 Proprietary: Unknown Unknown No Yes DuckDuckGo: Gabriel Weinberg Duck Duck Go, Inc. 2008 Mixed Ecosia: Christian Kroll 2009 Proprietary ...