Bill Stealey

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John Wilbur Stealey Sr. is an American game developer and publisher who founded

Business career

Stealey took a job with General Instrument as their Director of Strategic Planning for their Systems and Service Division in Hunt Valley, Maryland.^{[citation needed]} There he met Sid Meier and co-founded his first game company, MicroProse Software. As CEO he grew the company to over $43 million in annual sales, taking MicroProse Software public in 1991, and selling in 1993 to a Kleiner Perkins company, Spectrum HoloByte. He resigned from the company following the merger.^[2]

Stealey started the game software company

in 1995, took it public in 1998, and sold to a private equity firm in 1999. While running iEntertainment Network, Stealey mentioned in a 1996 interview that he owned his own military training aircraft and flew it for recreation on a regular basis.^[3]

Personal life

Stealey graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1970 and was, at the time he co-founded Microprose, a Major in the USAF Reserve and instructor for the Pennsylvania Air National Guard, flying A-37 attack aircraft.^[4] He retired from the military with the rank of lieutenant colonel.^[5]

Stealey owned the

Next Generation listed Stealey in their "75 Most Important People in the Games Industry of 1995" for his roles as former head of MicroProse and then-current head of Interactive Magic.^[8] Stealey left the company in 1999, but later returned as CEO in 2002.

References

External links

LinkedIn Profile

• Bill Stealey's profile at MobyGames