William von Meister
William von Meister | |
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Born | New York City, United States | February 21, 1942
Died | May 18, 1995 Great Falls, Virginia, United States | (aged 53)
Issue | Frederick von Meister |
Father | F.W. von Meister |
Mother | Eleanora Colloredo-Mannsfeld |
William F. von Meister (February 21, 1942 – May 18, 1995) was an American entrepreneur who founded and participated in a number of startup ventures in the
Early years
William Ferdinand von Meister was born of noble German descent
William von Meister attended
Career
After leaving Georgetown in 1973, von Meister started a wholesale liquor company, but found it "boring" and decided to move into consulting.[5] After creating a database for Litton Bionetics, he was hired by Western Union to create a computerized billing system.[5]
In 1978, Meister founded The Source,[6] the first popular online services company. The Source was eventually sold to Reader's Digest and later acquired by rivals CompuServe.[7][6]
In 1983,
Personal life and death
Meister has at least one brother, Peter.[3] Bill von Meister died of cancer in Great Falls, Virginia, at the age of 53,[7] leaving behind his son, Frederick William von Meister.
Titles
As a descendent of
References
- ^ a b dGenealogisches Handbuch des Adels (in German).
- ^ Klein 2004, p. 9.
- ^ a b c Swisher 1998.
- ^ "The source of it all: William F. von Meister". Goliath. 1 March 2007. Archived from the original on 20 February 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "Hooked on Startups, He Invented Infocast". Radio World. 2019-07-17. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ^ a b c Needle 1983, p. 8.
- ^ a b Smith, Esther (25 May 1995). "Obituary: Bill von Meister". Washington Technology.
- ^ Needle 1983, p. 9.
Bibliography
- Klein, Alec (2004) [2003]. Stealing Time: Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Collapse of AOL Time Warner. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-5984-X.
- ISBN 0-8129-2896-2.
- Needle, Davis (30 May 1983). "CVC lets Atari VCS owners connect to GameLine". InfoWorld. pp. 8–9. ISSN 0199-6649.
Further reading
- Michael A. Banks (2008), On the Way to the Web: The Secret History of the Internet and Its Founders. Apress. ISBN 1-4302-0869-4.
- Lazy Game Reviews (February 3, 2017), LGR Tech Tales - Quantum Link: AOL Origins, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2017-02-24
External links
- Genealogy of William von Meister at the Luyken Family Association