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Markus Alexej Persson ( / ˈmɑːrkəs ˈpɪərsən / ⓘ, Swedish: [ˈmǎrkɵs ˈpæ̌ːʂɔn] ⓘ; born 1 June 1979), also known as " Notch ", [3] is a Swedish video game programmer and designer. He is the creator of the video game Minecraft, which since its release has become the best-selling video game in history. He founded the video game ...
Xbox Game Studios (2014–present) Mojang Studios [a] is a Swedish video game developer based in Stockholm. The studio is best known for developing the sandbox and survival game Minecraft, the best-selling video game of all time . Mojang Studios was founded by the independent video game designer Markus Persson in 2009 as Mojang Specifications ...
Minecraft: 2009 $3.3 billion: Merchandise sales – $3.367 billion; Video game Markus Persson: Mojang Studios (Xbox Game Studios) Bratz: 2001 $3.23 billion: Retail sales – $3.15 billion; Box office – $26 million; Home entertainment – $56.7 million; Doll Carter Bryant: MGA Entertainment: Hamtaro: 1997 $3.02 billion: Retail sales – $3 billion
Jens Peder Bergensten (born 18 May 1979), also known as Jeb or Jeb_, is a Swedish video game programmer and designer. He is best known as the lead designer of Minecraft, [1] [2] [3] and is the Chief Creative Officer of Mojang Studios. In 2013, he, along with Minecraft creator Markus Persson, was named as one of Time 's 100 most influential ...
David Baszucki ( / bəˈzuːki /; born January 20, 1963), also known by his Roblox username david.baszucki, formerly builderman, is a Canadian-born American entrepreneur, engineer, and software developer. He is best known as the co-founder and CEO of Roblox Corporation. He previously co-founded and served as the CEO of Knowledge Revolution ...
Minecraft: Story Mode, an episodic spin-off game developed by Telltale Games in collaboration with Mojang, was announced in December 2014. Consisting of five episodes plus three additional downloadable episodes, the standalone game is a narrative and player choice-driven, and it was released on Windows, OS X, iOS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One via download on 13 October ...
As of 2021, Newell owned at least one quarter of Valve. He has been estimated as one of the wealthiest people in the United States and the wealthiest person in the video games industry, with a net worth of $3.9 billion as of 2021. He is also the owner of the marine research organization Inkfish.
Before: $14 million. After: $20 million. The Johnson family’s net worth was $14 million thanks to land, radio, and TV holdings, the New York Times reported in 1964. When President Lyndon Johnson ...