Stephen B. Streater

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."^{[citation needed]}

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

^ ^a ^b Clarke, Jody (17 July 2006). "My First Million: The techie who turned £4 into £4 million". MoneyWeek.
^ ^a ^b Claire Heald (22 November 2006). "Feet up - at 24". BBC News. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
^ "Abundance of riches at Eidos". The Independent. 13 January 1995. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
^ "Newcomer Eidos perky in early trading on hopes over Apple-Acorn link". Computer Business Review. 3 December 1990. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
^ Tim Dams (14 May 2019). "Forbidden Technologies rebrands as Blackbird".
^ Andrew Clark (25 July 2000). "Forbidden's progress takes market cap to £188m". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
^ 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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[moneyweek-1] Clarke, Jody (17 July 2006). "My First Million: The techie who turned £4 into £4 million". MoneyWeek.

[bbc-1-2] Claire Heald (22 November 2006). "Feet up - at 24". BBC News. Retrieved 21 January 2010.

[indy-2-3] "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.

[broadcast-5] Tim Dams (14 May 2019). "Forbidden Technologies rebrands as Blackbird".

[guardian-6] Andrew Clark (25 July 2000). "Forbidden's progress takes market cap to £188m". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 January 2010.

[indy-1-7] 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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