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To: Michael Olds who wrote (6990)	4/11/1999 4:00:00 PM
From: killybegs	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17679

Here's a link and an excerpt: quote.bloomberg.com ''We're looking at companies where there's a strategic link,'' said Leader, who was named to head AOL Investments in February 1998, after nine years as AOL's chief financial officer. ''We'll look at any product or service (that) increases usage, increases retention of customers, or makes the experience more sticky'' so users stay online longer, he said. --------------------------------------------- Leader's bio is interesting especially the connection to Mario Morino has been prominent in some of Tv ontheWeb's Washington DC Technology Webcasts.. LENNERT J. LEADER President, AOL Investments Lennert J. Leader became President of AOL Investments in February of 1998 after serving nine years as America Online's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer. He is responsible for managing AOL's growing portfolio of investments in public and private companies, making investments for AOL and guiding its merger and acquisitions activities. Mr. Leader joined the company in 1989 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and played an instrumental role in transforming AOL from a small , private company with $20 million in revenues and 100 employees to its current position as global leader with over $2.5 billion in revenues , over 9,500 employees and with the largest market capitalization in its sector. Prior to joining AOL in 1989, Mr. Leader was Vice President, Finance, of Legent Corporation, a leading systems software and services company that was formed by the merger in 1988 of Morino, Inc. and Duquesne Systems, Inc. From 1986 to 1988, Mr. Leader was Chief Financial Officer of Morino, Inc., a systems software and services company. He played a key role in growing the business, helping take Morino public in 1986, and executing an aggressive acquisition and investment strategy. Mr. Leader was Director of Finance of Morino, Inc. from 1984 to 1986. -------------------------------------------------- Here's some interesting links re Morino washingtonpost.com netpreneur.org ----------------------------------------------------------- Finally, this is from Dave Gardy's first fireside chat...makes you wonder... Dave, I joined the discussion late. I apologize if this has already been asked, but can you tell us who the other investors in TVon theWeb are - if any? 06:32:55 PM Dave Gardy:kippy- The other investors in TV on the web are two partners from the original Gardy McGrath and two new partners who have started public companies in the past and offer me some great mentoring.