Case, Bezos Can Earn Millions in New Gig, Says Vault.com; Am I Worthy? Appraises Internet Economy Leaders.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 30, 2000 New media pioneers Steve Case Steve Case (born August 21, 1958) is a businessman best known as the co-founder and former chief executive officer and chairman of America Online (AOL). He reached his highest profile when he played an instrumental role in AOL's merger with Time Warner in 2000. and Jeff Bezos both have multi-million dollar earning potential if were they to leave their current positions, according to Vault.com's popular new service, Am I Worthy?(TM) (http://www.Vault.com/links/AIW). Case is estimated to have an earning potential of $10 million, while Bezos has a more modest, but still impressive, estimated "market value" of $2 million. Am I Worthy?(TM) is Vault.com's fascinating career tool that allows professionals to uncover their "market value" by having their credentials evaluated for free by a compensation expert and by Vault.com's members. Reflecting on America Online Chairman Steve Case's success running AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AOL), guest compensation expert David E. Haas opines Opines are low molecular weight compounds found in plant crown gall tumors produced by the parasitic bacterium Agrobacterium. Opine biosynthesis is catalyzed by specific enzymes encoded by genes contained in a small segment of DNA (known as the T-DNA, for 'transfer DNA') : "Mr. Case has the remarkable ability to see the future. Have you ever thought how difficult it would be to pass up a generous buyout? CompuServe offered early on, Microsoft more recently. It takes vision to foresee the outcomes of various opportunities... Does your company want to sellout early or does it want to buyout that same company years later? As a top executive of a large corporation, Mr. Case is battling new temptations and choices every day. His ability to forecast and plan is exceptional." Haas praises Amazon.com's (Nasdaq:AMZN AMZN Amazon.com (NASDAQ symbol) ) Jeff Bezos as "an example of someone who can make it by working smart as well as working hard" and "a trendsetter trend·set·ter n. One that initiates or popularizes a trend: "The Golden State, ever the trendsetter, reformed its property tax" New York. focused on driving a company to be better than any other." According to Haas, "companies need people with the charisma that Jeff has to provide the assuring, confident leadership needed to weather the good times and bad." To view the full profiles Case and Bezos, and other Am I Worthy(TM) candidates profiled on Vault.com, visit (http://www.Vault.com/links/AIW). In addition to including evaluations of celebrities, Vault.com offers professionals free evaluations in such industries as consulting, I-banking, and law. Vault.com also supplies its users with free, award-winning "insider" company and industry profiles on companies such Qualcomm (Nasdaq:QCOM QCOM Qualcomm, Inc. (stock symbol) ), Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) and Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ). About Vault.com Vault.com (formerly VaultReports.com), The Workplace Network(TM), is the Internet's leading destination for career and HR information. Vault.com's mission is to help professionals advance their careers through "insider" career information, online networking, online courses, job listings, and more. Just named one of the "100 Best Sites for 2000" and "the best way to scope out potential employers" by Yahoo! Internet Life Yahoo! Internet Life was a monthly magazine published by Ziff-Davis, which licensed the name from Yahoo!, a well known search engine website. It was created and launched by Barry Golson, the former executive editor of Playboy and TV guide. , Vault.com provides "insider" guides on over 3,000 companies and 70 industries. It also offers the much-praised Electronic WaterCooler(TM), the Internet's first-ever network of expert-moderated message boards for employees. In addition, Vault.com offers a free job board that contains over 300,000 job postings -- one of the largest job databases on the Internet. Vault.com was founded in 1997 by H.S. Hamadeh, Samer Hamadeh, and Mark Oldman, together recently named to the "Silicon Alley 100: New York's 100 Most Influential Internet Executives." |
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