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Site that the CEO of AOL founded before joining AOL. Then bought once hired at AOL and poured millions into before being forced to cutback/sell to keep his AOL
by timmaah 13y ago
Site that the CEO of AOL founded before joining AOL. Then bought once hired at AOL and poured millions into before being forced to cutback/sell to keep his AOL job.
- zmanian 13y agoTim Armstrong is the current CEO of AOL and former senior Google Executive. He is reputed to have been the driving force behind the success of Google's Ad Words business. He seemed to become less effective at Google as his responsibilities expanded and moved on to AOL. Patch was his big play to make AOL relevant again and has proved to be a complete economic failure. Highlights an unfortunate reality of the Silicon Valley that past success can sometimes just mean a longer rope to hang yourself with. The reality is that running AOL is thankless job.