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Gaming platform Roblox’s share are about to make its Wall Street debut on
Wednesday. The video gaming platform gained mass popularity among kids and
teens during the COVID-19 pandemic, post which in January 2021, the company
announced its plan to hit the stock market which makes Roblox, one of the most talked
about stock among the investors.

What
makes Roblox share even more significant is that the company made a direct
listing in the stock market which mean a non IPO route. Direct listings are an
IPO alternative. Through a direct listing, a company can go public without
raising funds in an IPO. Swedish company Spotify also opted for a direct
listing process.

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With the company taking a giant leap in the Wall Street arena, here’s a look at the face behind it, CEO and founder of Roblox Corporation, David Baszucki.

Who is David Baszucki

An engineer by qualifications, David Baszucki is the founder and CEO of Roblox Corporation, whose shares are about to hit stock market today. He is the a Canadian-born American entrepreneur and inventor whose name has been associated to many new age business enterprises.

Baszucki previously co-founded and served as the CEO of Knowledge Revolution, which was acquired by MSC Software in December 1998.  

David graduated from Stanford University as a General Motors Scholar in Electrical Engineering .

According
to Roblox, Baszucki began working on an early prototype of Roblox under the
working title DynaBlocks in 2004. It was later renamed Roblox. The website was officially launched in 2006. As far as the motivation behind the
company is concerned, Baszucki once stated during an interview with Forbes that
the idea for Roblox was inspired by the success of his Interactive Physics and
Working Model software applications, especially among young students.

As per Baszucki’s LinkdIn profile, he has helped champion millions of young and up-and-coming developers in the video game industry via the Roblox platform.