Kevin Rose (born Robert Kevin Rose, February 21, 1977) is an American Internet entrepreneur who co-founded Revision3, Digg, Pownce, and Milk. He also served as production assistant and temporary co-host at TechTV's The Screen Savers.
Early life
Rose was born in Redding, California[1] and lived in Oregon before his family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he spent most of his childhood. He became an Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America.[2] Rose transferred to Vo-Tech High School in Las Vegas in 1992. He then attended the University of Nevada Las Vegas, majoring in computer science but dropped out in 1998.[3] He worked for two dot-com startups through CMGI.[1]
Career
Television
Rose was hired as a production assistant for The Screen Savers. He began appearing on-air, in "Dark Tip" segments, and on Unscrewed with Martin Sargent where he provided information on developing computing activities. He became a regular co-host when Leo Laporte left TechTV on March 31, 2004. On March 25, 2004, Comcast's G4 gaming channel announced a merger with TechTV which resulted in a round of layoffs. Rose moved to Los Angeles to stay with G4. On May 22, 2005, Rose reached an agreement with G4 that released him from his contract and went on to create Systm and later, Revision3.
Guest appearances
Kevin Rose appeared on the first episode of R&D TV alongside Diggnation co-host Alex Albrecht.[4] On November 14, 2007, he was a contestant on a game show at NewTeeVee Live.[5][6] On March 11, 2009 and April 16, 2010, Rose was a guest on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon along with fellow Diggnation host Alex Albrecht.
Podcasting
Rose began podcasting on July 24, 2003, with the release of the first episode of thebroken while he was still working on The Screen Savers at TechTV. Rose founded Revision3 in Los Angeles, California with Jay Adelson and David Prager in April 2005.[citation needed] On July 1, 2005, Rose and Alex Albrecht started the weekly podcast, Diggnation, which summarizes top stories submitted by Digg users. On October 3rd, 2011, Alex and Kevin announced that they will be retiring the weekly Diggnation show at the end of the year. The final show is scheduled to tape on December 30th, 2011.[7][8]
Startups
In 2004, Rose, Owen Byrne, Ron Gorodetzky, and Jay Adelson formed Digg, a technology link website. The website was publicly launched on December 5, 2004.[3][9] In 2007, he was named to the MIT Technology Review TR35 as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35.[10] On September 1, 2010, Rose was replaced as CEO[11] by Matt Williams, a former general manager of consumer payments at Amazon. On March 18, 2011, Rose resigned from his position at Digg.[12][13]
On June 27, 2007, Rose launched a micro-blogging site named Pownce[14] which was closed down in less than a year. In April 2011, the technology blog TechCrunch reported on the funding of "Milk".[15] The company is focused on creating mobile applications. The first application to be release is Oink, a tool for ranking real-world items.[16]
Investments
Rose invested in Gowalla, Twitter, Foursquare, Dailybooth, NGMOCO, SimpleGeo, 3crowd, OMGPOP, Square, Facebook, Chomp and Formspring.[17][18][19][20]
Early life
Rose was born in Redding, California[1] and lived in Oregon before his family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he spent most of his childhood. He became an Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America.[2] Rose transferred to Vo-Tech High School in Las Vegas in 1992. He then attended the University of Nevada Las Vegas, majoring in computer science but dropped out in 1998.[3] He worked for two dot-com startups through CMGI.[1]
Career
Television
Rose was hired as a production assistant for The Screen Savers. He began appearing on-air, in "Dark Tip" segments, and on Unscrewed with Martin Sargent where he provided information on developing computing activities. He became a regular co-host when Leo Laporte left TechTV on March 31, 2004. On March 25, 2004, Comcast's G4 gaming channel announced a merger with TechTV which resulted in a round of layoffs. Rose moved to Los Angeles to stay with G4. On May 22, 2005, Rose reached an agreement with G4 that released him from his contract and went on to create Systm and later, Revision3.
Guest appearances
Kevin Rose appeared on the first episode of R&D TV alongside Diggnation co-host Alex Albrecht.[4] On November 14, 2007, he was a contestant on a game show at NewTeeVee Live.[5][6] On March 11, 2009 and April 16, 2010, Rose was a guest on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon along with fellow Diggnation host Alex Albrecht.
Podcasting
Rose began podcasting on July 24, 2003, with the release of the first episode of thebroken while he was still working on The Screen Savers at TechTV. Rose founded Revision3 in Los Angeles, California with Jay Adelson and David Prager in April 2005.[citation needed] On July 1, 2005, Rose and Alex Albrecht started the weekly podcast, Diggnation, which summarizes top stories submitted by Digg users. On October 3rd, 2011, Alex and Kevin announced that they will be retiring the weekly Diggnation show at the end of the year. The final show is scheduled to tape on December 30th, 2011.[7][8]
Startups
In 2004, Rose, Owen Byrne, Ron Gorodetzky, and Jay Adelson formed Digg, a technology link website. The website was publicly launched on December 5, 2004.[3][9] In 2007, he was named to the MIT Technology Review TR35 as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35.[10] On September 1, 2010, Rose was replaced as CEO[11] by Matt Williams, a former general manager of consumer payments at Amazon. On March 18, 2011, Rose resigned from his position at Digg.[12][13]
On June 27, 2007, Rose launched a micro-blogging site named Pownce[14] which was closed down in less than a year. In April 2011, the technology blog TechCrunch reported on the funding of "Milk".[15] The company is focused on creating mobile applications. The first application to be release is Oink, a tool for ranking real-world items.[16]
Investments
Rose invested in Gowalla, Twitter, Foursquare, Dailybooth, NGMOCO, SimpleGeo, 3crowd, OMGPOP, Square, Facebook, Chomp and Formspring.[17][18][19][20]
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