David Baszucki

David Baszucki is cofounder and CEO of Roblox, a social gaming platform that allows kids and teens to play games that are made by fellow gamers. Roblox's 83 million daily active users spent more than 73 billion hours using the platform in 2024. Players on the platform can buy a digital currency, Robux, which lets them purchase special items within games. Robux purchases allow tween developers of games to earn money for their efforts. The company paid Roblox creators nearly $1 billion in 2024. Dhar Mann leads a creator-driven studio that’s generated an estimated $65 million in gross earnings. His daily schedule can get hectic but there's one part of his routine he refuses to forgo. Three philanthropic families announced they’re committing a combined $150 million to an effort to better understand and treat bipolar disorder, a serious mental health condition that affects 40 million people globally. “There’s something wonderful about the hard problems,” according to Roblox founder and CEO David Baszucki. After a three day outage that drove millions of kids around the world crazy, Roblox came back online late yesterday. Prioritizing and fostering creativity is vital. Pick your moment and be willing to reevaluate your plans. And touch things once to maximize efficiency. Better known as “Builderman” to tech’s youngest consumers, Baszucki’s platform has seen massive growth internally—and enriched its users by hundreds of millions of dollars. Social gaming platform Roblox has raised $92 million to keep up with the burgeoning growth of its business. With 12 million users last month, Roblox lets people create their own virtual immersive experiences, like modeling in a fashion show or making pies at a pizza parlor. Users buy virtual currency, called “Robux,” so they can increase their power in the experiences and games. Game creators, who range in age from 14 to 25, get a cut of the payments, and the popular ones can earn as much as $30,000 a month, according to the company. Console owners can now swell the ranks of 300,000 existing game makers on Roblox, as long as they have an Xbox One.