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Birth
Markus Alexej Persson AKA Notch was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to a Finnish mother and a Swedish father on 1 June 1979. -
Work
Having experimented with various type-in programs he produced his first game at the age of eight, a text-based adventure game. Professionally he had worked as a game developer for King.com for over four years, until 2009. -
Relationship
Persson married Elin Zetterstrand, who goes by the nickname "Ez" in the Minecraft community. -
Charity
Persson is an atheist, and cited his theological and moral views as one of the principal donors to Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) during the Thanksgiving charity event -
Expreese his views
Persson expressed his views towards Electronic Arts and their release of the "Indie Bundle", calling them a "bunch of cynical bastards". -
Single
he announced that he was now single. -
Donation
Electronic Frontier Foundation announced that Persson had donated $250,000 to the EFF's Defend Innovation project. -
Oculus Rift
Persson announced that an Oculus Rift version of Minecraft will never happen after Facebook bought Oculus, stating that "Facebook creeps me out". -
Selling Minecraft
Persson announced that he, along with fellow Minecraft co-founders Jakob Porser and Carl Manneh, would be leaving Mojang after completing the sale of the company to Microsoft for $2.5 billion. -
Mansion
he purchased an 8-bedroom, 15-bath mansion in Trousdale Estates, a neighborhood of Beverly Hills, California, for a reported $70 million. -
Net Worth
Age 36
Source Of Wealth Minecraft, Self Made
Residence Stockholm, Sweden
Citizenship Sweden
Marital Status Single
