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| In 1990, he co-founded ], a company specialising in ] and ]s, particularly for computers running the ] operating system.<ref name="moneyweek">{{cite magazine | title= My First Million: The techie who turned £4 into £4 million | author= Jody Clarke | magazine=] | date= July 17, 2006 }}</ref><ref name="bbc-1">{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6170548.stm | title= Feet up - at 24 | author= Claire Heald | work=] | date= November 22, 2006 | accessdate=January 21, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="indy-2">{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/abundance-of-riches-at-eidos-1567879.html | title= Abundance of riches at Eidos | newspaper=] | date= January 13, 1995 | accessdate=January 21, 2010 }}</ref> | In 1990, he co-founded ], a company specialising in ] and ]s, particularly for computers running the ] operating system.<ref name="moneyweek">{{cite magazine | title= My First Million: The techie who turned £4 into £4 million | author= Jody Clarke | magazine=] | date= July 17, 2006 }}</ref><ref name="bbc-1">{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6170548.stm | title= Feet up - at 24 | author= Claire Heald | work=] | date= November 22, 2006 | accessdate=January 21, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="indy-2">{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/abundance-of-riches-at-eidos-1567879.html | title= Abundance of riches at Eidos | newspaper=] | date= January 13, 1995 | accessdate=January 21, 2010 }}</ref> | ||
| He later sold and left Eidos, which had moved into the ] market, and founded ],<ref name="moneyweek"/> whose main product is ]. He is currently the company's ].<ref name="guardian">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2000/jul/25/business.efinance1 | title= Forbidden's progress takes market cap to £188m | author= Andrew Clark | newspaper=] | date= July 25, 2000 | accessdate=January 21, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="indy-1">{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/sharewatch/investment-column-southern-crosss-recovery-is-far-too-slow-1770350.html | title= Investment Column: Southern Cross's recovery is far too slow | author= Alistair Dawber | newspaper=] | date= August 11, 2009 | accessdate=January 21, 2010 }}</ref> | He later sold and left Eidos, which had moved into the ] market, and founded ],<ref name="moneyweek"/><ref name="broadcast">{{cite news | url=https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/tech/forbidden-technologies-rebrands-as-blackbird/5139395.article | title= Forbidden Technologies rebrands as Blackbird | author= Tim Dams | date= May 14, 2019}}</ref> whose main product is ]. He is currently the company's ] Director.<ref name="guardian">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2000/jul/25/business.efinance1 | title= Forbidden's progress takes market cap to £188m | author= Andrew Clark | newspaper=] | date= July 25, 2000 | accessdate=January 21, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="indy-1">{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/sharewatch/investment-column-southern-crosss-recovery-is-far-too-slow-1770350.html | title= Investment Column: Southern Cross's recovery is far too slow | author= Alistair Dawber | newspaper=] | date= August 11, 2009 | accessdate=January 21, 2010 }}</ref> | ||
| 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 ] ] and ],<ref name="bbc-1"/> ], new technology, and making videos. Streater's father, ], is a professor of mathematics at ]. | 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 ] ] and ],<ref name="bbc-1"/> ], new technology, and making videos. Streater's father, ], is a professor of mathematics at ]. | ||
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Stephen Bernard Streater (born 1965) is a British technology entrepreneur.
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.
He later sold and left Eidos, which had moved into the computer games market, and founded Blackbird plc, whose main product is Blackbird. He is currently the company's R&D Director.
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, Go, new technology, and making videos. Streater's father, Ray Streater, is a professor of mathematics at King's College London.
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."
References
- ^ Jody Clarke (July 17, 2006). "My First Million: The techie who turned £4 into £4 million". MoneyWeek.
- ^ Claire Heald (November 22, 2006). "Feet up - at 24". BBC News. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
- "Abundance of riches at Eidos". The Independent. January 13, 1995. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
- Tim Dams (May 14, 2019). "Forbidden Technologies rebrands as Blackbird".
- Andrew Clark (July 25, 2000). "Forbidden's progress takes market cap to £188m". The Guardian. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
- Alistair Dawber (August 11, 2009). "Investment Column: Southern Cross's recovery is far too slow". The Independent. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
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