About company
In starting Roblox in 2004, they wanted to replicate the inspiration of imagination and creativity they saw in Interactive Physics on a much grander scale by ushering in a new category of human interaction that did not exist at the time. An average of 36.2 million people from around the world come to Roblox every day to connect with friends. Together they play, learn, communicate, explore, and expand their friendships, all in 3D digital worlds that are entirely user-generated, built by their community of nearly 7 million active developers. They call this emerging category “human co-experience,” which they consider to be the new form of social interaction they envisioned back in 2004. Their platform is powered by user-generated content and draws inspiration from gaming, entertainment, social media, and even toys. Some refer to their category as the metaverse, a term often used to describe the concept of persistent, shared, 3D virtual spaces in a virtual universe. The idea of a metaverse has been written about by futurists and science fiction authors for over 30 years. With the advent of increasingly powerful consumer computing devices, cloud computing, and high bandwidth internet connections, the concept of the metaverse is materializing. Their Roblox human co-experience platform consists of the Roblox Client, the Roblox Studio, and the Roblox Cloud.
Industry
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Prepackaged Software
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CEO
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CFO
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David Baszucki
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Michael Guthrie
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David Baszucki has served as our Founder, President, Chief Executive Officer and member of our board of directors since March 2004. From July 1989 until December 1998, Mr. Baszucki served in various positions at Knowledge Revolution, a developer of 2D and 3D motion simulation software, which was acquired in December 1998 by MSC Software Corporation, a software company that specializes in simulation software, and which was acquired by Hexagon AB, a global technology group focused on precision measuring technologies, in February 2017. Between December 1998 and December 2000, Mr. Baszucki served in various positions at MSC Software Corporation, most recently as General Manager. Mr. Baszucki holds an BS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
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Michael Guthrie has served as our Chief Financial Officer since February 2018. Prior to joining us, he served as Chief Financial Officer of TrueCar, Inc., an automotive pricing and information website, from January 2012 to February 2018. Earlier in his career, Mr. Guthrie was a principal in the private equity firms TPG Ventures and Garnett & Helfrich Capital, and was an investment banker at Credit Suisse First Boston. Mr. Guthrie holds a BA in Economics from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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