Jason Olim is the former CEO and co-founder of

CDNow CDnow, Inc. was a dot-com company that operated an online shopping website selling compact discs and music-related products. In April 1998, during the dot-com bubble, the company was valued at over $1billion (~$ in ). In July 2000, it was acqui ...

, Inc., one of the first

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companies (founded in February, 1994). He has earned

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of the Year awards from the Small Business Association,

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, the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce (1997) and the Greater Philadelphia Venture Group (1999). Olim earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in computer science from

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CDNow

CDNow.com was among the first successful global online retailers. The company was founded in February 1994 by twin brothers Jason and Matthew Olim of

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. Initially launched as a

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service in August 1994, CDNow became a retail site in September 1994 — far earlier than most of the dot-com retailers that gained notoriety after 2000.

References

External links

CDNOW.com at Internet Archive
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