Steve Baxter was born in the remote town of Cloncurry, Australia, and raised in Emerald in Queensland's Central Highlands Region.
[4] In 1994, at the age of 23, Baxter put his life savings of $11,000 into his first start-up, an internet service provider, SE Net from the spare room of his Adelaide home.
On 30 June 2008, Baxter resigned as Chief Technology Officer of PIPE Networks and moved to California to work with Google as a Technical Program Manager[5] leading a project to deliver high-speed telecommunications systems across North America.
[7] In 2013, he co-founded Right Pedal Studios, a mobile gaming accelerator, and StartupAUS, an advocacy group for Australian tech startups.
[14] In October 2023, Baxter’s company Pesca Aviation[15] donated $20,000 to Advance, supporting the “No”campaign in Australia's Voice to Parliament referendum, which sought not to recognize First Australians in the constitution.