Philip Rosedale

American entrepreneur born in 1968 in San Diego, California. Created FreeVue, an internet video conferencing product acquired by RealNetworks where he served as vice president and CTO. Founded Linden Lab in 1997, developing Second Life, a virtual world platform. Stepped down as Linden Lab CEO in 2008 to become Chairman. Founded LoveMachine Inc and Coffee and Power. High Fidelity Inc acquired an interest in Linden Research in 2022 and Rosedale became strategic advisor to Second Life. As of October 2024, became full-time Chief Technology Officer of Second Life.