Bill Stealey
aka:
"Wild" Bill Stealey,
JW "Bill" Stealey
Moby ID: 989
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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 6 and grandfather of 17. He 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 both Interactive Magic and Thriller New Media, Inc. as of Dec 2010 .
Wild Bill is JW Stealey Sr. and Bill Stealey Jr. is his son.
Chronology:
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1970 -- Graduated US Air Force Academy
- Flew Military Aircraft from 1970 to 1985 as a USAF Pilot
- Flew as Instructor Pilot in T-37 Training Aircraft, C-5As out of Dover AFB, and then O2A and A-37 Dragonfly aircraft in the PA ANG
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1982 -- Founded MicroProse Software with Sid Meier
- 1991 -- Took MicroProse Software public
- 1995 -- Founded Interactive Magic (iMagic)
- 1999 -- Took Interactive Magic (iMagic) public
- 1998 -- iMagic changed name to iEntertainment
- 1999 -- iEntertainment, stepped down as CEO
- 2002 -- renamed CEO of iEntertainment
- 2007 -- Founded ThrillerNewMedia
Credited on 21 games
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| Flyboys Squadron (2006, Windows) | CEO |
| iM1A2 Abrams (1997, Windows) | Quality Assurance (Internal) |
| Apache (1995, DOS) | Quality Assurance Testers (iMagic) |
| Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon Deluxe (1993, DOS) | Additional Testing |
| Sid Meier Triple Game Pack (1992, DOS) | Playtesting |
| Darklands (1992, DOS) | Playtesting |
| David Leadbetter's Greens (1992, DOS) | Additional thanks to |
| Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon (1990, DOS) | Additional playtesting |
| M1 Tank Platoon (1990, Amiga) | Quality Assurance |
| F-19 Stealth Fighter (1988, DOS) | Playtesting |
| Red Storm Rising (1988, Commodore 64) | Playtesting |
| Project Stealth Fighter (1987, Commodore 64) | Playtesting |
| Sid Meier's Pirates! (1987, Commodore 64) | Playtesting |
| Airborne Ranger (1987, Commodore 64) | Original Concept |
| Acrojet (1987, Amstrad CPC) | Stunts by |
| Gunship (1986, Commodore 64) | Playtesting |
| Silent Service (1985, Atari 8-bit) | Documentation |
| Crusade in Europe (1985, Apple II) | Playtesting |
| Solo Flight: 2nd Edition (1985, PC Booter) | Documentation |
| Kennedy Approach (1985, Commodore 64) | Documentation |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 15 games with Sid Meier
- 13 games with Arnold Hendrick
- 12 games with Alan Roireau
- 11 games with Ken Lagace
- 10 games with Chris Taormino
- 9 games with Michael Haire
- 8 games with Mark J. Ciola
- 7 games with John Emory
- 7 games with Larry Martin
- 7 games with Iris Leigh Idokogi
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Companies
- 18 games with MicroProse Software, Inc.
- 14 games with MicroProse-Spectrum...
- 9 games with U.S. Gold Ltd.
- 5 games with MicroProse Software...
- 4 games with MPS Labs
- 4 games with Kixx XL
- 4 games with Kixx
- 3 games with iEntertainment Network, Inc.
- 3 games with Atari, Inc.
- 2 games with Digital Integration Ltd.
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