Peter Rojas
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Peter Rojas (born March 18, 1975) is the co-founder of technology blogs Gizmodo and Engadget, as well as the video gaming blog Joystiq (2004).
Peter Rojas | |
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Peter Rojas at CES 2007 | |
| Born | March 18, 1975 |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) University of Sussex (MA) |
| Known for | Co-founder of Gizmodo, Engadget, RCRD LBL, gdgt |
| Spouse | Jill Fehrenbacher |
| Website | http://roj.as/ |
Education
Rojas attended Harvard University from 1993 to 1997 where he managed the school's radio station WHRB and was a disk jockey on the Record Hospital program. After graduating magna cum laude with a B.A. in Social Studies, Rojas received an M.A. in English Literature from the University of Sussex in 1998.[1][2]
Career
Rojas worked at Red Herring magazine from June 1999 to May 2001.[3] He was co-founder and Editorial Director of Gizmodo from July 2002 until March 2004, leaving to co-found Engadget.[3][4][5] Two months later he also founded the video game blog Joystiq. Both were part of Weblogs Inc., a blog network that was purchased by AOL in 2005.[1][2]
Along with Josh Deutsch of Downtown Records, Rojas launched the online record label RCRD LBL in 2007.[6]
In July 2008 Rojas left Engadget to start the consumer electronics social networking site GDGT.[2] The site premiered in 2009 and was co-founded with Ryan Block, Rojas' successor as Engadget editor-in-chief.[7]
In February 2013 GDGT was purchased by AOL.[8]
As of July 2018[update], he is a partner at Betaworks Ventures.[9] He left Betaworks Ventures in August 2021. [10]
In February 2025, Rojas joined Mozilla as the Senior Vice President of New Products. [11]
