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My Take
Rosedale strikes me as a rare kind of builder, one who chased the idea of a second self in a digital world long before the word metaverse was fashionable. Founding Linden Lab and Second Life in the early 2000s took real conviction, and I respect anyone who bets on a strange vision over an easy profit. There is something quintessentially West Coast about a San Diego kid out of UC San Diego trying to engineer a place where people simply get to be someone else. Even when his ideas overreach, I find that the failures of dreamers like him tend to seed the platforms everyone else eventually copies.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Philip Rosedale
- Name (Japanese)
- フィリップ・ローズデール
- Reading
- ふぃりっぷ・ろーずでーる
- Born
- September 29, 1968 (age 57)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Monkey
- Origin
- San Diego, California, United States
- Occupation
- entrepreneur / businessperson
2. Background
- University
- University of California, San Diego
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Philip Rosedale born?
Born September 29, 1968 (age 57).
Where is Philip Rosedale from?
Philip Rosedale is from San Diego, California, United States.
What does Philip Rosedale do?
Philip Rosedale works as entrepreneur, businessperson.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.