Bill Stealey

Bill Stealey
Born
John Wilbur Stealey Sr.
EducationUnited States Air Force Academy
The Wharton School
Military career
AllegianceUnited States
Branch
Pennsylvania Air National Guard
USAF Reserve
Service years
1970–1993
Rank
Lieutenant colonel
NicknameWild Bill

John Wilbur Stealey Sr., better known as Bill Stealey, is an American game developer and publisher, and a former military pilot. Stealey founded MicroProse with Sid Meier in 1982 and released many flight simulators with the company. He was known for his appearances in military uniform and aerial stunts aboard the company's real plane while promoting the games. After a brief retirement in the early 1990s, he founded iEntertainment Network in 1995 and is the current CEO. In 2018 he also re-acquired MicroProse assets and revived the studio with David Lagettie. Stealey acts largely in a consultancy capacity at the revived studio.

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