Bill Stealey

Developer BIO

J.W. "Wild" Bill Stealey is the founder of MicroProse Software and of Interactive Magic. He took both companies public.

He is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy in Aeronautical Engineering and of the Wharton School of Finance of the University of Pennsylvania with a Masters of Business Administration (MBA).

He was a management consultant with McKinsey and Co. in New York city. He is an avid aviator and pilots his own T-28 Trojan Warbird. He is the father of five and active in golf, public speaking, and is retired from the Air Force Reserve with the rank of Lt. Colonel and Command Pilot.

Wild Bill was still CEO of iEntertainment Network as of February 2006.

Wild Bill is JW Bill Stealey Sr. and Bill Stealey Jr. is his son.

Chronology:

• 1995 -- founded Interactive Magic (iMagic)
• 1998 -- iMagic changed name to iEntertainment
• 1999 -- ousted from iEntertainment, stepped down as CEO
• 2001 -- renamed CEO of iEntertainment

Also Known As

• "Wild" Bill Stealey
• Bill Stealey Jr.

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Games Credited

iM1A2 Abrams (1997), Interactive Magic
Apache (1995), Interactive Magic
Darklands (1992), MicroProse Software, Inc.
Sid Meier Triple Game Pack (1992), MicroProse Ltd.
Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon (1990), MicroProse Software, Inc.
M1 Tank Platoon (1989), MicroProse Software, Inc.
F-19 Stealth Fighter (1988), MicroProse Software, Inc.
Red Storm Rising (1988), MicroProse Software, Inc.
Airborne Ranger (1987), MicroProse Software, Inc.
Sid Meier's Pirates! (1987), MicroProse Software, Inc.
Gunship (1986), MicroProse Software, Inc.
Acrojet (1985), U.S. Gold Ltd.
Crusade in Europe (1985), MicroProse Software, Inc.
Silent Service (1985), MicroProse Software, Inc.
Solo Flight (1983), MicroProse Software, Inc.