No, Roblox CEO David Baszucki is not stepping down from his position. The rumor took turns online after X user @Roblox_RTC, which claims to be the "largest source for Roblox news on X" in a tweet shared on April 1, mentioned,"David Baszucki is stepping down as CEO of Roblox."However, the rumor was debunked by the same user hours after they commented on the same post,"Additional context: He approached a flight of stairs."To keep it short, the account was celebrating April Fool's Day.More about Roblox CEO David BaszuckiDavid Baszucki is a Canadian-born American entrepreneur, engineer, and software developer. He co-founded and was the CEO of Knowledge Revolution, which was later acquired by MSC Software in December 1998.Baszucki graduated from Stanford in 1985 with degrees in electrical engineering and design. In January 2026, Bascuzki addressed Stanford University students, stating that at the time he graduated, he was unsure of his career's direction."When I went to find a job, I was a little lost. Like, it just didn't land in my lap in a way."Baszucki mentioned that one of his earliest work experiences included a summer job of running a small window-cleaning business with his brother. The CEO mentioned that for three years, he was living in uncertainty marked by frustration and disappointment,"There were two or three years of just the absolute worst jobs in the world. So two years of massive disappointment."Baszucki added that the time he built a spreadsheet listing nine possible career paths, which he ranked against detailed metrics,"I can remember having a spreadsheet of nine potential careers and all these metrics. It was a really weird way to try to figure out your career."Baszucki, along with Erik Cassel, who worked as Baszucki's VP of Engineering for Interactive Physics, began working on an early prototype of Roblox called eBlocks in December 2003. eBlocks later became GoBlocks, then DynaBlocks, before becoming Roblox in 2004. The website was launched in the same year, with the game officially released in September 2006.As per Forbes, David Baszucki has a reported net worth of $3.9 million. As per reports, Baszucki owns a roughly $13 stake in Roblox Corporation. Baszucki had earlier mentioned that he would donate any future compensation he earns from Roblox's listing on the New York Stock Exchange to charity. In 2021, he was named the seventh-highest-paid CEO.