Note this is the 2005 deal. The 2002 ad deal with AOL is probably the single moment that defined the business success of Google, the moment when the AdWords product took off and became the unstoppable juggernaut. I'm still impressed with Google's executive team, particularly Salar, that the deal worked even better than we could have hoped. https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/02/business/technology-aol-s...