AOL is an internet company founded in 1985 as Quantum Computing Services.
As of August 2013, AOL's largest acquisition has been the purchase of Netscape, a web browser company, for US$4.2 billion.
[3][4] The majority of the companies acquired by AOL are based in the United States.
Verizon Communications acquired AOL in 2015, and operated it as a separate subsidiary.
to Apollo Global Management in 2021, and AOL was placed under Yahoo!’s umbrella.