Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> February 18, 2002
J.W. 'WILD BILL' STEALEY is currently the CEO and Chairman of
iEntertainment Network, Inc., an online gaming company in Cary, North
Carolina. Mr. Stealey is a video game pioneer who began in the gaming
business back in 1982. With co-founder Sid Meier, Mr. Stealey founded
MicroProse Software and built the first accurate historical military
simulations for home computers. The most famous MicroProse games
included F-15 Strike Eagle and Civilization. Mr. Stealey also founded
Interactive Magic, his second game company. He took both companies
public. Mr. Stealey 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 Master's of Business Administration.
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
retired from the Air Force Reserve with the rank of Lt. Colonel and
Command Pilot. Mr. Stealey is active in the World Presidents'
Organization and currently serves as the Communications Chairman of the
Rebel WPO Chapter. Profile
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Mr. Stealey: I came into the game industry in 1982 with Sid Meier, who
is probably the best known and most
