In the late 1980s and early 1990s, AOL, then called America Online, became the Internet for millions. It wasn’t the first online service by any means. CompuServe had been around for a while, but it was geared toward tech savvy users. Steve Case, CEO of America Online, envisioned his company as an online service for everyday people, one that was easy for those who didn’t know anything about computers to use.









