Xah Lee, 2010-05-10
Discovered that BusinessWeek made a list of people who have became wealthy thru Second Life.
〈Special Report: Virtual Life; Virtual World Rich List〉 (2007-07), by Douglas MacMillan. BusinessWeek Special Report. At businessweek.com
They list people who makes more than $5k usd per month, and says the number of such people is over 116. The report is made in 2007. According to a 2009 report by Linden Lab, the number is now 233. (see: Second Life Product Market Value)
Here's the list from BusinessWeek.
Ailin Graef sl name: Anshe Chung Business: Virtual real estate. Site: anshechung.com Worth: networth more than 1 million Philip Rosedale sl name: Philip Linden Business: Founder of Second Life Site: lindenlab.com Worth: $19 giga venture backing Reuben Steiger sl name: Reuben Millionsofus Business: sl presence Site: millionsOfUs.com Worth: 6 million, 2007 revenue Sibley Verbeck sl name: Sibley Hathor Business: founder of Electric Sheep Company Site: ElectricSheepCompany.com Worth: $15k for building a sl presence. Alyssa LaRoche sl name: Aimee Weber Business: building and scripting and hosting. Site: AimeeWeber.com Worth: 30k to 100k to create a presence. 2 to 3 corp clients per month. Adam Frisby sl name: Adam Zaius Business: sim, land. Site: deepthink.com.au Worth: average land sale is between $132 and $330. Kevin Alderman sl name: Stroker Serpentine Business: sex stuff. Site: eros-3d.com Worth: sales 40 to 50 of his more adult items per day, each $20 to $40. Peter Lokke sl name: Crucial Armitage Business: Crucial Creations, clothing designer Worth: $0.75 per item; annual revenue ~$100k Cristiano Diaz sl name: Cristiano Midnight Business: Snapzilla website, for sharing screenshots Site: sluniverse.com Worth: $33k per year. Adam Anders sl name: Barnesworth Anubis Business: Tableau, real estate. Site: barnesworthanubis.com Worth: 110k transactions per year, each $1 to $9.