Stephen Case is an entrepreneur, born August 21,1958 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Case began his entrepreneurial career at age six, when he and his older brother set up a juice stand, selling limejuice for 2¢ a cup.
Not long after, the brothers established Case Enterprises, which sold seeds and greeting cards through the mail and with door-to-door sales. Case attended Williams College, where he showed an avid interest in music: He wrote rock reviews for small local papers in order to get free concert tickets and albums and sang with two new-wave rock groups.
In 1991, Case held a company contest to pick a new name for the firm, and selected America Online (AOL), the name he suggested himself. The following year, Case became CEO of the company.
His net worth is over 1 billion.