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Steve Appleton

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Steve Appleton (born 1960) is the CEO of Micron Technology, based in Boise, Idaho.

He was a nationally ranked tennis player while studying at Boise State University. A 1996 BusinessWeek 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 1982 - 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 of 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.

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