KGNU's Claudia Cragg speaks here for the

'It's The Economy' with AOL's "Steve" Case.

Case, whose full name is Stephen

McConnell Case', is an American entrepreneur, investor, and

businessman. He is best known as the co-founder and former chief

executive officer and chairman of America Online

(AOL).

Twitter: @SteveCase @ThirdWaveBook

Since his retirement as chairman

of AOL Time Warner in 2003, he has gone on to invest in early

and growth-stage startups through his Washington, D.C. based

venture capital firm Revolution

LLC.

Case serves as a Presidential

Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship (PAGE) and was a member of

Barack

Obama'sCouncil

on Jobs and Competitiveness. He also serves on the

National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship

(NACIE). Case is also chairman of UP Global, a non-profit

organization focused on fostering strong entrepreneurial

communities, created in 2013 from the merger of Startup America

Partnership and Startup Weekend.

Together with his wife, Joan,

they run The Case

Foundation. 

His new book is:

The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur's Vision of the

Future