Steve Killelea

Stephen (Steve) Killelea is an Australian IT entrepreneur. [http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/when-the-bottom-line-is-world-peace/2006/02/09/1139465799788.html When the bottom line iw world peace] , The Sydney Morning Herald] He began his career, after doing a crash course in computing and working for a computer manufacturer, by developing a product for computer systems management that became internationally successful and led him to set up a US company that went public.

In August 1988, Killelea formed the Australian company Integrated Research, which was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 2000. The company's main business is systems management for international corporations such as Visa, Mastercard and American Express; the New York, London and Hong Kong stock exchanges; and most of the world's ATMs. Having stepped down as chief executive November 2004, he is still chairman of the company that now branches into the field of internet telephony. Killelea also has an IT venture capital fund.

Killelea is the brainchild behind the
Global Peace Index study [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6704767.stm Norway rated most peaceful nation] , BBC] that attempts to rank the worlds nations’ and regions’ peacefulness. He is the founder of the Institute for Economics and Peace which focuses on the study of the Peace Industry. He is also notable as being Australias largest individual donor to overseas aid.

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