Stephen Bernard Streater (born 1965) is a British technology entrepreneur.

Career

Streater was born in Boston Lying-In Hospital, Massachusetts, United States. He achieved a degree in mathematics from Trinity College, Cambridge and then began a PhD on artificial pattern recognition in the physics department at King's College London.

In 1990, he co-founded Eidos, a company specialising in video compression and non-linear editing systems, particularly for computers running the RISC OS operating system.[1][2][3][4] He later sold and left Eidos, which had moved into the computer games market, and founded Blackbird in 2000,[1][5] where he was the company's R&D Director.[6][7]

On 21 July 2011, Streater was honoured by the University of Bedfordshire with a Doctor of Science degree in recognition of "outstanding contribution to the development of computer technologies."

Personal life

Streater is married to Victoria Jane (née Fantl) and has three daughters (Sophie, Juliette and Emily). He has a sister (Catherine) and a brother (Alexander). His hobbies include playing classical chamber and orchestral music,[2] Go, new technology, and making videos. Streater's father, Ray Streater, is a professor of mathematics at King's College London.

References

  1. 1 2 Clarke, Jody (17 July 2006). "My First Million: The techie who turned £4 into £4 million". MoneyWeek.
  2. 1 2 Claire Heald (22 November 2006). "Feet up - at 24". BBC News. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "Abundance of riches at Eidos". The Independent. 13 January 1995. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
  4. ↑ "Newcomer Eidos perky in early trading on hopes over Apple-Acorn link". Computer Business Review. 3 December 1990. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  5. ↑ Tim Dams (14 May 2019). "Forbidden Technologies rebrands as Blackbird".
  6. ↑ Andrew Clark (25 July 2000). "Forbidden's progress takes market cap to £188m". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
  7. ↑ Alistair Dawber (11 August 2009). "Investment Column: Southern Cross's recovery is far too slow". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2010.


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