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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 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]
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]
[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]
Bedwars (stylized as BedWars) is a game developed by Easy.gg based on the fanmade Minecraft minigame of the same name. [160] Similar to the original version, players defend their bed from other opponents while attempting to destroy other player's beds. [161] [162] Unlike the Minecraft version, the game has more weapons to use. [160]
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.
Since then, he has been featured on The World's Billionaires list and was ranked as the richest person in 1995, 1996, 1998–2007, and 2009, maintaining the position until 2018, when Jeff Bezos surpassed his wealth. Gates was ranked first on the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans from 1993 to 2007, in 2009, and from 2014 to 2017.