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Swedish video game programmer (born 1979)

Markus Alexej Persson (PEER-sən, Swedish:[ˈmǎrːkɵsˈpæ̌ːʂɔn]^ⓘ; born 1 June 1979), also known as Notch, is a Swedish video game programmer and designer.

He is the creator of Minecraft, which is the best-selling video game in history. He founded the video game development company Mojang Studios in 2009.

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Persson began developing video games at an early age. His commercial success began after he published an early version of Minecraft in 2009. Prior to the game's official retail release in 2011, it had sold over ten million copies.

After this point Persson stood down as the lead designer and transferred his creative authority to Jens Bergensten. In September 2014 Persson announced on his personal website that he had concluded he "[didn't have the connection to his fans he thought he had]", that he had "become a symbol", and that he did not wish to be responsible for Mojang's increasingly large operation.

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