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So my degree was in political science, which I think was - the closest I could come to marketing is politics.

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Steve Case
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: August 21
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I think the support of the other team at AOL and everybody's really shared passion and belief about this and - saying that some day everybody was going to be on line.
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I was not an outstanding student. I did a reasonable amount of work. I got generally good - pretty good grades, but I was not that passionate about getting straight A's.
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Frankly, I like new things. I feel like I made a contribution to building a more interactive world. And I'm proud of that.
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