Jason Olim

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Jason Olim is CEO and a co-founder of Freshman Fund, a service that lets people give and get the gift of college education. Prior to Freshman Fund, Olim was CEO and co-founder of CDNOW, Inc., one of the first ecommerce companies (founded in February, 1994). He has earned Entrepreneur of the Year awards from the Small Business Association, Arthur Andersen and the Greater Philadelphia Venture Group.

Olim earned a BA in Computer Science from Brown University.

[edit] 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 Ambler, Pennsylvania. Initially launched as a telnet service in August 1994, CDNow became a retail website in September 1994-- far earlier than most of the dot.com retailers that gained notoriety after 2000. Employees repeatedly noticed that CDNow's innovations tended to run a full year ahead of the nascent internet industry.