Steve Ross, CEO of Warner Communications in 1983

Steve Ross, CEO of Warner Communications in 1983. Steve Ross is not often spoken of within the Atari community, but it was Steve Ross who bought Atari from Nolan Bushnell, who hired and fired Ray Kassar, who single handedly took control of the company in 1983, ultimately sought out Jack Tramiel as a buyer to take Atari off his hands, and orchestrated the Time-Warner merger.