February 7, 2025
[Forbes] Gamebeast CEO Named to Forbes 30 Under 30
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Zander Brumbaugh is the founder and CEO of Gamebeast, a live-ops and data insights platform for the user-generated content space that raised $3.7 million in pre-seed funding in September. Brumbaugh has been a creator on "Roblox" since 2014. His titles have accumulated more than 500 million play sessions and earned millions in revenue. He enrolled at the University of Washington at just 17 years old and eventually taught an accredited course titled CSE 390G: Coding in Video Game Development, focusing on using the "Roblox" engine to create games. Brumbaugh also authored a book called "Coding Roblox Games Made Easy" at 18 years old, which was the #1 game programming book on Amazon at the time.