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Markus Persson

Markus Persson

1979 – Present Sweden
designergame programmerprogrammervideo game producer

Who was Markus Persson?

Swedish video game programmer who created Minecraft and founded Mojang Studios before selling the company to Microsoft for $2.5 billion.

Biographical data adapted from Wikipedia’s article on Markus Persson (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Born
June 1, 1979
Died
Present
Nationality
Sweden
Zodiac Sign
Gemini

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