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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.
In January 2017, Balfanz, along with asimo3089, uploaded Jailbreak, a cops-and-robbers game, to Roblox. On its first day of release, it reached 70,000 concurrent players, a number which Balfanz later said had shocked him. [1] It quickly became one of the most popular games on the platform, and made Balfanz a millionaire. [4] [3]
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]
Gamefam was founded in 2019 in Los Angeles, California, United States, by Joe Ferencz, the current CEO.Ferencz was originally involved with bringing Hot Wheels into the Forza series and Rocket League, and while doing so, he was observing Roblox's success as a free-to-play video game platform. [6]
MeepCity was the first game on Roblox to pass 1 billion total visits. [66] The game was averaging 100,000 concurrent players in July 2018. [65] The game received criticism throughout 2021 due to the number of online daters inside the game and inappropriate clothing and actions found in the party feature. This caused the game to be placed as ...
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]
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.