Edward B. Stead

Edward Benjamin Stead (born March 1947) was the Vice President and General Counsel of Apple Computer from 1989 to 1996.

Education and personal life
Edward B. Stead was born to Charles Edward and Shirley J. Stead of New York. Edward received a BS from in 1969 and a  from  in 1973. He was divorced and remarried Henrietta Wright in on March 16, 1996.

Career
In June 1973, Stead joined the legal department of IBM. In December 1985, he joined  where he became Senior VP and general counsel.

Apple Computer
Stead joined the Apple Computer in September 1988, as associate general counsel. He was named Vice President, General Counsel, and Assistant Secretary of the company in June 1989. He also became the Secretary of Apple in September 1993, replacing Al Eisenstat. Stead left Apple in September 1996, before the announcement of the acquisition of NeXT, and was replaced by Nancy Heinen in 1997.

After Apple
In September 1997, Stead became Executive VP and general counsel of, where he served until March 2006. He is semi-retired as an investor in.