Markus Persson Notch Video game designer Professional life

Markus Persson (Notch) Video game designer

Professional life � Persson was born in Stockholm, Sweden on June 1 st, 1979 � He began writing code when he was 8 � He never finished high school � Persson left Midasplayer (Kings. com) in 2009

Obstacles � He left his job to focus on Minecraft in 2009 � Persson had to worry about a legal dispute with another company over the name of Minecraft. � After selling Mojang Persson became very bored and sad in his more comfortable life.

Changes over time � Persson not finishing high school lived with his mother and took an online programming course � Afterwards Persson released games of his own and eventually landed a job at Midas player at what is now Kings. com (developer of candy Crush) � He left the company with friend Jakob Porsér to begin Mojang and developed Minecraft. Which later was released for download to Pc in 2011. � After which it became a huge success and was sold to Microsoft for 2. 8 billion dollars on March 3, 2015

Lesson � One thing we should all learn for Mr. Persson is money doesn’t always buy happiness. After selling his company for 2. 8 billion dollars he was not happy. He felt secluded even with his new 70 million house from which he has had multiple extravagant parties he still felt outcast.