David Baszucki, Founder and CEO of Roblox: Trust Your Gut @stanfordgsb
David Baszucki, Founder and CEO of Roblox: Trust Your Gut  @stanfordgsb
Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this View From The Top interview, Jeremy Tepper, MBA ’26, speaks with David Baszucki, Founder and CEO of Roblox.

David Baszucki founded Roblox in 2004. Since then, he has grown the business into a global behemoth with nearly 400 million monthly users, billions of hours of monthly engagement, and thousands of creators building games. Dave shares his learnings from evolving from founder to CEO of a public company. He reflects on taking a two-year break before starting Roblox, learning how to be a "zen" leader, trusting his intuition, and “doing the hard things first.”
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David Baszucki, Founder and CEO of Roblox: Trust Your Gut

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