Markus Alexej "Notch" Persson ----- The Creator of Minecraft and company Mojang

Markus Persson was born on June 1, 1969. He is a Swedish video game producer and designer. He began on his fathers computer when he was seven years old. He experimented a few different programs and made his own game at the age of 8. Now he owns Mojang, the company he created with two friends. His reason for creating Mojang was for the purpose of Minecraft. This game rapidly gaind popularity after its tech demo in 2009. Because of this game, he gained significant notability withing the video game industry.