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Philip Rosedale

フィリップ・ローズデール　/　ふぃりっぷ・ろーずでーる

American entrepreneur

September 29, 1968 (age 57)　・　San Diego, California, United States

California
entrepreneur
businessperson

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.

Overview

Philip Rosedale (born September 29, 1968) is an American entrepreneur who founded Linden Lab, which develops and hosts the virtual world Second Life.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: entrepreneur / businessperson

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University of California, San Diego

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttps://www.rosedales.com/philip
Xhttps://x.com/philiprosedale
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%87%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB

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