iWon.com Announces Stephen Fowler as Finalist in $10 Million Giveaway
Local Atlanta Man Named as One of Three Lucky Finalists in iWon Sweepstakes
(Irvington, NY, April 12, 2001) – Stephen Fowler from Atlanta, GA was surprised on Thursday morning when he was awakened by a loud knocking on his front door. Confused, he opened the door only to see TV cameras and representatives from iWon.com standing on his doorstep waiting to tell him the good news – Stephen Fowler was a finalist in the iWon $10 million giveaway! Fowler, who has been using iWon since the site launched in the fall of 1999, never thought he would win anything let alone a chance at $10 million.
Fowler, a securities trader for UPS has been living in the Atlanta area for fours years. He grew up in Dover, DE where his family still lives today. Fowler attended Delaware State University and The Rollins College of Business in Florida where he earned his MBA. He applied his business knowledge to work as a trader and now is one of two securities traders for UPS. When he found out the news he immediately called his mom, who was so excited that she actually dropped the phone. She then went ahead and called Stephen’s two brothers, sister, two stepsisters and two stepbrothers.
Stephen enjoys playing golf, traveling and reading which he says he will do a lot more of if he wins the $10 million! When Fowler was told by Don Imus of the Imus in the Morning Show that he might win the $10 million Grand Prize he commented, “I can’t believe this, I may win $10 million! I promised myself I would improve my golf handicap this year and it looks like I will now be able to!”
Fowler is one of three finalists in iWon’s $10 million giveaway. Yesterday morning iWon surprised Diane Sanders of Bridgeport, OH with the news that she is one of the three finalists. Sanders was shocked -- “Wow, this is amazing! I just can’t believe this! This is truly a life-changing moment!”
Fowler is one of three finalists in iWon.com’s $10 million Grand Prize drawing. The three iWon finalists were drawn from the pool of all iWon users who earned entries in the iWon sweepstakes for the period – April 1, 2000 – March 31, 20001. The other finalist will be surprised on the morning of Friday, April 13th.
All three finalists will be assembled in New York City on Monday, April 16th at the James A. Farley Post Office at 31st - 33rd Streets and Eighth Avenue, where one will be randomly selected as the $10 million winner. The other two finalists will receive either a seven-day Hawaiian vacation for four, courtesy of Travelocity.com, or an eight-day Caribbean cruise for two.
iWon users became eligible for the $10 million prize for using iWon to read the news, search the web, check email and perform other regular Internet activities.
Launched in October 1999, iWon is the 5th most trafficked site on the Internet (Nielsen//NetRatings, February 2001). iWon also ranks as the most loyal portal on the Web, consistently placing first in days visited per month, unique pages viewed per month and minutes spent per person per month (Media Metrix, February 2001). In addition, iWon has led all portals in user satisfaction for three consecutive quarters (NPD Search and Portal Tracking Study, June/November/March 2000-2001). iWon provides award-winning search, ranking #1 in advanced search on the Internet (Search Engine Showdown, July 2000). iWon provides world-class search and content from leading partners such as Associated Press, CBS, Reuters, Travelocity, and WeatherNews Inc.
As an added incentive, iWon gives away $10,000 a day, $1 million a month and a chance to win $25 million on Tax Day. By simply using the site to search the Web, check email, go shopping, read the news, or perform other regular Internet activities, iWon users earn entries into the daily, monthly and annual cash giveaways. iWon Cash Points, like iWon entries, are accumulated for virtually everything users do on the site. Users can apply iWon Cash Points toward deep discounts in the iWon Rewards Store. To date, iWon has selected more than 200,000 winners and has given away more than $36 million in cash prizes.
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