Philip Rosedale is an American businessman, and one of the creators of the virtual world
Second Life. Within the virtual world he is the former CEO and represented by the avatar Philip Linden. On
March 14,
2008 he announced that he would be stepping down from his position. His position was filled by
Mark Kingdon and Rosedale still remains on the Board of Directors. Prior to founding
Linden Lab (the creator of
Second Life), Rosedale held a position at
Real Networks as the Chief Technical Officer. He received this position after
Real Networks acquired his company
FreeVue, a video conferencing system. Rosedale holds a BS degree in Physics from the University of
California at
San Diego.