#834: David Baszucki, Co-Founder of Roblox — The Path to 150M+ Daily Users, Critical Business Decisions, Ketogenic Therapy for Brain Health, Daily Routines, The Roblox Economy, and More

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🗓️ 5 November 2025

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David Baszucki is the founder and CEO of Roblox. TIME named Roblox one of the “100 Most Influential Companies,” and it has been recognized by Fast Company for innovation on their “Most Innovative Companies” and “Most Innovative Companies in Gaming” lists.

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0:00.0	Hello, boys and girls, ladies and germs. This is Tim Ferriss. Welcome to another episode of the Tim Ferriss show. I'm going to keep this intro short and sweet. My guest today is David Bazuki. He is the founder and CEO of Roblox. Many of you, especially if you have kids, will know of Roblox. It is gigantic. Time named Roblox, one of the 100 most influential companies, and it has been recognized
0:22.9	by a fast company for innovation on their most innovative companies and most innovative companies
0:27.9	in gaming lists. The accolades and so on and go on and on. Many of you may not realize that Roblox
0:34.8	was started in 2004 same year as facebook and roblocks
0:39.2	iterated and iterated and iterated its way to where it is today it is such an amazing story
0:45.3	previously david found a knowledge revolution where he and his brother gregg created
0:49.0	interactive physics a leader in educational physics and mechanical design simulation software.
0:54.9	And a lot of their observations of how kids were using this and what they were excited about led directly into the development of Roblox. There are a few links, Roblox, R-O-B-L-O-X.com. you can find David Bazuki at X.com
1:08.3	slash David Bazuki, B-A-S-U-C-K-I, YouTube, David Bazuki, X.com slash David Bazooki, YouTube, David Bazooki, Roblox, and Bazooki group.com, which we'll talk about.
1:17.5	Without further ado, please enjoy a wide-ranging conversation with the one and only, David
1:22.6	Bazuki.
1:24.8	At this altitude, I can run flat out for a half mile before my hands start shaking.
1:29.8	Can I answer your personal question?
1:31.8	Now we've seen an appropriate time.
1:34.0	What if I get the opposite?
1:35.5	I'm a cybernetic organism living tissue over metal endosclerone.
1:39.5	Me, Tim Ferriss Show.
1:47.7	David. Tim Ferriss Show. David, so nice to see you.
1:49.6	Thank you for taking the time.
1:51.3	I'm excited to have this chat with you.
1:53.8	Hey, Tim, it's great to be on the show.
1:56.1	And when we started chatting before I came on,
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