John Wilbur 'Wild Bill' Stealey Sr. (born 1947) is a retired United States Air Force Lt. Colonel and Command Pilot and is currently CEO of iEntertainment Network. He is also an Air Force Academy Graduate.
Stealey founded MicroProse together with Sid Meier in 1982, at a time when he was a major. Stealey was the marketing guy, financier, and one of the most enthusiastic game testers in the game industry. Stealey and Meier produced over 400 games an...
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John Wilbur 'Wild Bill' Stealey Sr. (born 1947) is a retired United States Air Force Lt. Colonel and Command Pilot and is currently CEO of iEntertainment Network. He is also an Air Force Academy Graduate.
Stealey founded MicroProse together with Sid Meier in 1982, at a time when he was a major. Stealey was the marketing guy, financier, and one of the most enthusiastic game testers in the game industry. Stealey and Meier produced over 400 games and including F-15 Strike Eagle, Pirates!, Railroad Tycoon, Civilization, Silent Service, Gunship, and more. Stealey ran the company until it was sold to Spectrum Holobyte in 1993.
In 1995 he founded Interactive Magic which later became iEntertainment Network. He left in 1999 and was subsequently asked to return as CEO in 2002.
Since his return IENT has redone the WarBirds Software, won settlements on their Internet Gaming patent, and developed a Military Consulting Division.
Stealey is mostly a marketing and management guy and not a computer...
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