AOL, the one-time king of media, is a shadow of its former self. Its deal for Time Warner is regarded as the high-water mark of the dot-com bubble. James Verlin Kimsey was born on Sept. 15, 1939,...

Jim Kimsey, the co-founder, first chairman and former CEO of AOL, died this week at his home in McLean, Va. He was 76 years old. The cause of death was cancer. Kimsey graduated from West Point in...

James V. Kimsey, a flinty former Army Ranger and Washington businessman who teamed with a young marketing expert named Steve Case to start America Online, the early dial-up service that put...

Jim Kimsey, who has died of cancer at the age of 76, was the co-founder of the internet pioneer AOL, and also served as Chairman of the International Commission on Missing Persons, which is...

Jim Kimsey, (James Verlin Kimsey), American entrepreneur (born Sept. 15, 1939, Washington, D.C.—died March 1, 2016, McLean, Va.), was a cofounder (with Steve Case) of America Online (since 2006 AOL), at one time the world’s largest Internet service provider. Kimsey graduated (1962) from the United States Military Academy (West Point, N.Y).

James Kimsey, the cofounder of AOL who helped run the iconic Internet company in its early days before moving on to become an influential humanitarian, budding socialite and, briefly, country...

Kimsey’s involvement with AOL started in the early 1980s as a consultant with the company’s predecessor. He was chairman of AOL from its organization under that name until retiring about a decade...

Kimsey later bought downtown D.C. property and entered the bar and restaurant business but soon was working in the video and computer world, where he become the co-founder and CEO of America Online — AOL. He served as AOL CEO until 1995, when Steve Case took over the position. Kimsey was chairman emeritus at AOL.

Kimsey, who co-founded AOL and died in 2016, built the 48,900-square-foot residence and its 30-car garage after he bought the property in 1999 for $7.6 million, according to the Washington Post....