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Markus Persson
Swedish video game programmer and founder of Mojang / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Markus Alexej Persson (born 1 June 1979), better known as Notch, is a Swedish game designer. He is famous for creating the video game Minecraft.[1] Persson started the company Mojang AB in 2009. On September 15, 2014, he announced that he would be leaving the company, and soon after he left.[2]
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