title: Steven Thomas (entrepreneur)
text: # Steven Thomas (entrepreneur)
  
  Steven Thomas (October 13, 1971 – found dead July 14, 2008) was an American entrepreneur who founded the computer security company Webroot Software.
  
  ## Career
  
  In 1997, Thomas and business partner and girlfriend Kristen Talley founded Webroot, in Boulder, Colorado. The company offers computer security software and is best known for a software called Spy Sweeper, an antispyware product.
  
  In 2005, Thomas and Talley sold most of their shares in the company to a group of California investors as part of a $108 million deal.
  
  ## Death
  
  After being diagnosed with "possible" bipolar disorder, he went missing in June 2008. His body was found on July 14, 2008, at the bottom of Pali Lookout near Honolulu. An autopsy showed that his injuries appeared to be consistent with a fall several days earlier. The case is still open with the Honolulu Police and is deemed as an unattended death.
  
  