Type of business | Private |
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Founded | 1999 |
Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
Key people |
Philip Rosedale, founder Ebbe Altberg, CEO Rod Humble, former CEO Mark D. Kingdon, former CEO |
Industry | Virtual worlds |
Products |
Virtual worlds Electronic commerce Software development |
Employees | 245 (Q1 2010 350: -30%) |
Website | lindenlab.com |
Alexa rank | 204,389 (April 2014[update]) |
Coordinates: 37°48′00.96″N 122°24′05.65″W / 37.8002667°N 122.4015694°W
Linden Research, Inc., d/b/a Linden Lab, is a privately held American Internet company that is best known as the creator of Second Life.
The company's head office is in San Francisco, with additional offices in Boston, Seattle, Virginia and Davis, California. Its offices in Mountain View, Brighton, Singapore and Amsterdam were closed in 2010. In addition, the company employs remote workers that communicate and collaborate on projects using Second Life technology.
The company, founded in 1999, employs numerous established high-tech veterans, including former executives from Electronic Arts, eBay, Disney, Adobe, and Apple. The company's founder and original CEO is Philip Rosedale, a former CTO of RealNetworks, one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in The World in 2007.