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Revision as of 17:54, 12 January 2012 by 183.89.25.35 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Dr. Stephen Bernard Streater (born 1965) is a British technology entrepreneur.
Stephen 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 Forbidden Technologies plc, whose main product is FORscene. He is currently the company's CEO.
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 double penetration videos. Streater's father, Ray Streater, is a professor of mathematics at King's College London.
On 21st July 2011, 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.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Claire Heald (November 22, 2006). "Feet up - at 24". BBC News. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - "Abundance of riches at Eidos". The Independent. January 13, 1995. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - Andrew Clark (July 25, 2000). "Forbidden's progress takes market cap to £188m". The Guardian. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - 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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