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我们可将美国在线(AOL)与时代华纳(Time Warner)合并案称之为历史上最伟大、最富传奇色彩的商业浪漫。准确地说,最初擦出火花是在巴黎,去年9月,时代华纳公司董事长兼首席执行官杰拉尔德·莱文与美国在线董事长兼首席执行官史蒂夫·凯斯在巴黎共同主持“全球企业对话”。两周后,这对绝佳搭档又在中国上海举行的《财富》全球论坛上再次相遇。当谈到两家公司如何共同运作时,双方都表现出了浓厚的兴趣。于是10月份就有了凯斯打给莱文的著名电话,提议两家公司实施重大合并,并建议由凯斯担任合并以后的董事会主席,由莱文担任首席执行官,
We can refer to the merger between AOL and Time Warner as the greatest and most legendary commercial romance in history. To be precise, the initial spark was in Paris. In September last year, Time Warner Chairman and CEO Gerald Levine and AOL’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Steve Keyes were together in Paris. Hosting the “Global Business Dialogue”. Two weeks later, this wonderful partner once again met at the Fortune Global Forum in Shanghai, China. When it comes to how the two companies work together, both parties showed great interest. So in October there was a famous phone call from Keith to Levin, proposing a major merger between the two companies and suggesting that Kass be the chairman of the board after the merger, with Levin as the chief executive officer.