Steven Snyder

About

After serving as Microsoft's first general manager, this technology executive went on to found and head a company called Net Perceptions. He later became a researcher and teacher in the fields of leadership and business ethics.

Before Fame

He earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Drexel University and went on to receive his Master of Business Administration from Harvard University.

Trivia

After working for Microsoft for nearly a decade, he entered the psychology Ph.D. program at the University of Minnesota.

Family Life

He grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His marriage to Sherry Stern resulted in one child.

Associated With

As general manager for Bill Gates' Microsoft Corporation, he repaired Microsoft's relationship with IBM during the early 1980s.