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David Brent Baszucki [1] (/ b ə ˈ z uː k i /; born January 20, 1963), also known by his former Roblox username builderman, is a Canadian-born American entrepreneur, engineer, and software developer. He is best known as the co-founder and CEO of Roblox Corporation.
Balfanz's father worked as a programmer, which Balfanz cites as one of the main reasons for his early interest in coding. [2] He attended high school at the Trinity Preparatory School . [ 3 ] Prior to releasing Jailbreak , Balfanz had made several other games on Roblox , which he stated had made him "maybe a couple thousand" dollars.
Roblox Corporation (/ ˈ r oʊ b l ɒ k s / ROH-bloks) is an American video game developer based in San Mateo, California. Founded in 2004 by David Baszucki and Erik Cassel, the company is the developer of Roblox, which was released in 2006. As of December 31, 2024, the company employs over 2,400 people. [1]
Moghadam was born to an Iranian Jewish family on November 17, 1982, [3] and grew up in Encino, California. [1] His family emigrated from Iran to the United States shortly before he was born. [1] He graduated from Yale University in 2004 with a major in History and International Studies. In 2005, he went to France on a Fulbright scholarship.
Roblox is in the midst of a growth push, and the company's strategy aims to attract older users, which Baszucki touted. "We've actually stopped using the term 'aging up' right now," he said. "We ...
Curse was born out of founder Hubert Thieblot's "hardcore" love of World of Warcraft. [8] After leaving school, Thieblot began to turn his passion into a business, launching CurseBeta in 2006, [9] offering up add-ons and modifications. [10] In short order, the site exponentially increased in traffic and popularity.
Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system built around user-generated content and games, [1] [2] officially referred to as "experiences". [3] Games can be created by any user through the platform's game engine, Roblox Studio, [4] and then shared to and played by other players. [1]
[1] The company is described by Ferencz as the "first and only fully-dedicated, professional game publishing company on Roblox" [7] and has recruited veteran Roblox developers. [5] In November 2020, Gamefam, with the partnership of Mattel, released Hot Wheels Open World on Roblox, which is a Hot Wheels-themed open world racing game. [8] [9]