- Steve Appleton
Steve Appleton (born 1960) is the CEO of
Micron Technology , based inBoise, Idaho [ [http://www.micron.com/about/executives/officers/appleton.aspx Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, www.Micron.com] ] .He was a nationally ranked tennis player while studying at
Boise State University . A 1996BusinessWeek article says Appleton broke his right wrist - and quickly learned how to play using his left hand.Appleton started at Micron immediately after graduation in
1983 - working the graveyard shift in production. The future CEO set his sights on management at the company - and achieved his goal in 1994, at age 34.Appleton was fired from the company in January 1996 - replaced by
Tyler Lowrey , in what some would call a coup d'etat. He was reinstated just eight days later, after a change of heart by Lowrey.Appleton is an avid pilot and owner of several stunt planes, and has performed at many airshows. He was in an airplane crash
July 8 , 2004 while practicing aerobatic maneuvers south ofBoise . He and another person, who was filming the maneuvers from inside the aircraft, were seriously injured.Appleton also drove one of four Micron entries in the 2006 Tecate SCORE
Baja 1000 , winning the Wide Open Baja Challenge class [ [http://www.micron.com/about/news/pressrelease.aspx?id=C2867FD1EFA2B68E Micron Successfully Captures and Stores Video of Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, and CEO Wins Baja Challenge Class of Desert Race, wwww.Micron.com] ] .External links
* [http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20040722X01030&key=1 NTSB report]
* [http://www.appletonairsports.com Appleton's airshow company]
* [http://cobe.boisestate.edu/alumni/sAppleton.htm Boise State Idaho alumni page for Steve Appleton]
* [http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2006-06-18-tennis-advice_x.htm USA Today Steve Appleton Q&A about business and tennis]References
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