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Robert Stein

American businessman

Robert (Bob) Stein (born April 20, 1946) is an American businessman. He is a co-founder of The Voyager Company in 1985, the first commercial multimedia CD-ROM publisher, and The Criterion Collection in 1984, a collection of definitive films on digital media with in-depth background information (including the first films with recorded audio commentary).²

From Wikipedia’s article on Robert Stein (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Apr 20, 1946.¹

About

Born and raised in New York City, Stein attended Columbia University, majoring in psychology. Later, he earned a master's degree in education from Harvard University.

Stein then worked with Alan Kay at the Atari Research Group on various electronic publishing projects.

After Voyager, Stein founded Night Kitchen to develop authoring tools for experimental electronic publishing, primarily TK3.

Stein is the director of the Institute for the Future of the Book. According to Stein: "The Institute has two principal activities. One is building high-end tools for making complex electronic documents (part of the Mellon Foundation's higher-ed digital infrastructure initiative). The other is exploring and hopefully influencing the evolution of new forms of intellectual expression and discourse." This new scholarly direction is being explored under the umbrella of MediaCommons.

From Wikipedia’s article on Robert Stein, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

The Criterion CollectionFounder¹⁰
The Voyager CompanyFounder¹¹

Early life and education

Date not recordedHarvard University³
Date not recordedHarvard Graduate School of Education³
Date not recordedColumbia University³

Career

Occupation: publisher, computer pioneer.⁶

Date not recordedFounded The Criterion Collection⁴
Date not recordedFounded The Voyager Company⁵

Personal life

BornApr 20, 1946, New York City^{7 8}
CitizenshipUnited States⁹

Sources

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WikidataRobert Stein on Wikidata
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WikipediaRobert Stein on Wikipedia
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WikidataRobert Stein: education, on Wikidata
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WikidataRobert Stein: Founded The Criterion Collection, on Wikidata
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WikidataRobert Stein: Founded The Voyager Company, on Wikidata
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WikidataRobert Stein: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataRobert Stein: place of birth, on Wikidata
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Wikidataplace of birth, as reported
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WikidataRobert Stein: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataThe Criterion Collection, Founder
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WikidataThe Voyager Company, Founder
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Wikimedia CommonsRobert Stein photo by Vysotsky, CC BY-SA 4.0