Name: Markus Persson

Born: June 1, 1979, in Ystad, Sweden

  • Swedish video game programmer, designer, and co-founder of Mojang, the video game company he founded alongside Carl Manneh and Jakob Porser in late 2010. The company was later sold Microsoft on September 15, 2014 for $2.5 billion.
  • The principle venture for Mojang was Minecraft, a first-person sandbox video game. Since the release of Minecraft, Persson has gained notability in the video game industry, having won multiple awards.
  • Persson retained his position as the lead designer of Minecraft until the game’s official launch in 2011, after which he transferred creative authority to Jens Bergensten.

Websites

  • Markus Persson on Twitter