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Linden Lab loses its star CEO, Rod Humble

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Rod Humble has left his post as the chief executive of Linden Lab, the company that created the Second Life virtual world.

In a Facebook update, Humble said, “It’s been a great 3 years! All my thanks to my colleagues at Linden Lab and our wonderful customers. I wish you the very best for the future and continued success! I am starting up a company to make Art, Entertainment, and unusual things! More on that in a few weeks.”

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.