Rosedale departs Second Life

MCV Staff 21st October 2010 Publishing

The man who founded Second Life back in 1999 will retire from his short-lived role as interim CEO, despite the search for a permanent replacement not having concluded.

Philip Rosedale said in a statement the firm was ready to start the search for a new CEO”. He confirmed he would be leaving day-to-day management of Linden Lab, partly to free up more time on his new company, Love Machine.

The news comes four months after Mark Kingdon left the company as CEO.

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