Markus Persson Markus Persson Markus Alexej Persson (; born 1 June 1979), better known as Notch, is a Swedish video game programmer and designer. He is best known for creating the sandbox video game "Minecraft" and for founding the video game company Mojang in 2010, alongside Carl Manneh and Jakob Porser. Persson's principal venture for founding Mojang was "Minecraft" which gained popularity and support since its tech demo in 2009. Since then, he has gained significant notability within the video game industry, winning multiple awards and establishing relations with the industry's figureheads. He retained his position as the lead designer of "Minecraft"
Satya Nadella that values continual learning and growth. He has cited the book "Mindset: The New Psychology of Success" by Carol Dweck as inspiration for this philosophy around a "growth mindset". Nadella's leadership of Microsoft included a series of high-profile acquisitions of other companies, to redirect Microsoft's focus. His first major acquisition was of Mojang, a Swedish game company best known for the popular freeform computer building game "Minecraft", in late 2014, for $2.5 billion. "Minecraft" was notably a cross-platform game, with versions running on Apple's iOS mobile devices, and the Sony PlayStation dedicated gaming console, as well as Microsoft's Xbox. He