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Mojang AB (full Swedish name: Moj⃤ng Aktiebolag—Swedish for "Gadget Ltd."), pronounced "mo-yang" (IPA: /m⊊⋈j≛⅋/) in Swedish and "mo-jang" (IPA: /mo⊊⋈d⊒⃦⅋/) in American English, also known as Mojang, and originally Mojang Specifications, is a previously independent video game developer, primarily known for the creation and development of Minecraft Minecraft Author(s) Mojang AB (Credits) Markus "Notch" Persson (Creator) Jens "Jeb" Bergensten (Lead Developer) Jon "jonkagstrom" Kågström (AI Programmer) Nathan "Dinnerbone" Adams Erik "Grum" Broes Michael "Searge" Stoyke Thomas "ProfMobius" Guimbretière Agnes "LadyAgnes" Larsson Maria . It was founded by Markus Persson This page has been protected from editing to prevent vandalism. Please discuss changes on the talk page. Markus Persson Real name Markus Alexej Persson Date of birth Jun. 1, 1979 (age 38) 1] Occupation Game developer , Jakob Pors⃩r Jakob Porsér Real name Jakob Porsér Date of birth Feb. 13, 1978 (age 39) 1] 2] Occupation Game developer Nationality Swedish Known for Being a founder of Mojang and being Notch s best friend! Reddit name JahKob , and Carl Manneh Carl Manneh Real name Carl Oscar Manneh 1] Date of birth Aug. 3, 1977 (age 39) 1] Occupation Chief Executive Officer of Mojang AB Nationality Swedish Known for Being a founder of Mojang and the CEO. . Located in Stockholm, Sweden, Mojang currently has 82 employees. Mojang publicly announced on Sep. 15, 2014 that they would be bought by Microsoft, and became part of @@@#@@@Microsoft(microsoft.com)###@### Studios on Nov. 6, 2014.
Trivia
- The splash text on the Minecraft main menu may sometimes say "Made in Sweden!", referencing the home country of Mojang.
Employees
Videos
Game developers
Name | Mojang avatar | Position | Favorite games | Special talent | Twitter | About: Mojang AB: Employees |
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Jens `Jeb` Bergensten | Lead creative designer (Minecraft Java and Pocket Editions) | Starcraft, Doom 2, Don’t Look Back | Eating cheese doodles with chopsticks | @jeb_ | Fun Fact #328: The facial hair right below his lower lip is brighter than the rest. He`s also a redditor! | |
Nathan `Dinnerbone` Adams | Game developer (Minecraft Java Edition) | @Dinnerbone | Member of the Bukkit team. Known as Foreverabone on his Twitter page. | |||
Erik `Grum` Broes | Game developer (Minecraft Java Edition) | @_grum | Member of the Bukkit team. | |||
Jon K⃥gstrm This article is a stub. Please help us by expanding it. Jon Kågström Real name Jon Kågström Date of birth May 24, 1977 (age 40) Occupation AI Programmer for Minecraft Nationality Swedish Website jonkagstrom.com Known for | Game developer (Scrolls) | @jonkagstrom | Used to work as an AI programmer at DICE on Battlefield. | |||
Aron Nieminen Aron Nieminen Real name Aron Nieminen Occupation Developer Nationality Finnish Known for Pocket Edition Working with Notch before Minecraft Also known as degussa 1] Aron Nieminen is a Mojang employee who was in charge of | Game developer (Minecraft Pocket Edition and Scrolls) | He`s very bright. His hair looks like a blue, woolen cap. | ||||
M⃥ns Olson Måns Olson Real name Måns Olson Date of birth Oct. 8, 1986 (age 30) 1] Occupation Game developer Nationality Swedish Also known as Dragonene 2] 3] 4] Reddit name MansOlson Twitter name @MansOlson Minecraft name Morre | Game developer (Minecraft Java Edition) | @MansOlson | ||||
Michael `Searge` Stoyke | Game developer (Minecraft Java Edition) | @SeargeDP | Founder of the Mod Coder Pack (MCP) | |||
Thomas `ProfMobius` Guimbreti⃨re | Game developer (Minecraft Java Edition) | @ProfMobius | Co-founder of the Mod Coder Pack (MCP) | |||
Agnes `LadyAgnes` Larsson | Game developer (Minecraft Java Edition) | @_ladyagnes | ||||
Maria Lemn | Game developer (Minecraft Java Edition) | @MiaLem_n | ||||
Shoghi Cervantes Shoghi Cervantes Real name Shoghi Cervantes Pueyo 1] Date of birth Nov. 12, 1994 (age 22) 2] Occupation Game developer Nationality Spanish 2] Languages Spanish, English Known for Founder of PocketMine Wiki name shoghicp 3] Reddit | Game developer (Minecraft Pocket Edition) | Likes everything that uses electricity | @shoghicp | Founder of PocketMine | ||
Daniel Wustenhoff | Game developer (Minecraft Pocket Edition) | Likes pizza, and code | @darngeek | |||
Tomas Alaeus | Game developer (Minecraft Pocket Edition) | @talaeus | ||||
Mikael `Slicedlime` Hedberg | Game developer (Minecraft Pocket Edition) | @slicedlime |
Artists
Name | Mojang avatar | Position | Favorite games | Special talent | Twitter | About: Mojang AB: Employees |
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Markus `Junkboy` Toivonen | Art director | Wild Guns, Metal Slug, Full Throttle | Laying down digital mosaic. | @jnkboy | Very mysterious. Some say he doesn`t even exist. | |
Mattis `BombBoy` Grahm | Artist (Scrolls) | Time travel. | @BomuBoi | Bombs. (He has one on his T-shirt, ooh...) | ||
Henrik `Carnalizer` Pettersson | Production manager of Scrolls Artist Developer of Crown and Council | Board games, strategy games, Team Fortress 2, Half-Life, Minecraft | Extreme procrastination. | @carnalizer | Is the oldest person employed by Mojang. | |
Martin Johansson | Graphic designer | |||||
Ninni Landin | Graphic designer | @ninnilandin | ||||
Mariana `RazzleberryFox` Graham | Animator, Modeler and Texture Artist | @RazzleberryFox | ||||
Johan Aronson | Lead Pixel Designer | @johanaronson | ||||
Filip Thoms | Product designer | |||||
Amanda Strom | Product designer |
Web/system development
Realms development
Name | Avatar | Position | Favorite game(s) | Special talent | Twitter | About: Mojang AB: Employees |
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Marc Watson Marc Watson Real name Marc Watson Date of birth Jul. 13, 1985 (age 31) 1] 2] Occupation Realms content manager Nationality American 3] Languages English, Spanish 4] Known for Minecraft Marathon MHF Heads Wiki name MidnightEnforcer | Realms content manager | Minecraft, Mass Effect, Halo, The Elder Scrolls | Performs improv comedy | @Marc_IRL | Started Minecraft Marathon | |
Philip `Zee` Vieira | Realms developer | @zeeraw | ||||
Olof Carlson | Realms developer | @olofcarlson | ||||
Christian Westman | Realms developer | @westmaaan | ||||
Alexandre Pretto | Realms developer | @alexandrepretto | ||||
Fredrik Telenius | Realms developer | @fredriktelenius |
Business development
Mojang support
Brand enforcement
Contractors
Name | Task | Notes | |
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57Digital | Developers of Minecraft Explorer, the official Minecraft companion guide for iOS, as well as the official Minecraft Skin Studio. | @57digital | Jamie Chapman and Luke Dixon |
Nikolaj Nyholm | Has assisted Mojang with their early business development. | @nikolaj | |
Daniel `C418` Rosenfeld | Making the music and sounds for Minecraft and 0x10c. | @c418 | Has high self-esteem! |
Paul Spooner | Assisted with the development of Minecraft`s trees. | @dudecon | |
Kristoffer Zetterstrand | Made the paintings for Minecraft. | @zetterstrand | The subject of a Wikipedia article, and Notch is his brother-in-law! |
4J Studios | Developers of the Console Editions of Minecraft Minecraft Author(s) Mojang AB (Credits) Markus "Notch" Persson (Creator) Jens "Jeb" Bergensten (Lead Developer) Jon "jonkagstrom" Kågström (AI Programmer) Nathan "Dinnerbone" Adams Erik "Grum" Broes Michael "Searge" Stoyke Thomas "ProfMobius" Guimbretière Agnes "LadyAgnes" Larsson Maria | @4JStudios | Developed Banjo-Kazooie for Xbox. |
Garry `Army of Trolls` J Lucken | Made the skins for the Pocket Edition Skin packs and some skins in the Halloween and Skin Pack 3 Skin packs for Console Edition | @armyoftrolls |
Publishers
Former employees
Name | Mojang avatar | Position | Favorite games | Special talent | Twitter | About: Mojang AB: Employees |
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Markus `Notch` Persson | Founder of Mojang, creator of Minecraft Game developer | Dungeon Master 2, Doom, X-Com | Can look directly at the sun with only minor permanent damage. | @notch | 1. Enjoy games 2. Pick up programming 3.???? 4. Profit His beard has been shaved for charity. When Mojang was sold to Microsoft, he left the company soon after along with the other two founders. | |
Tobias Mllstam | Web developer | Developing tight webs to capture customers. | @mollstam | One day he decided to eat failure and shit success. True story. | ||
Carl Manneh Carl Manneh Real name Carl Oscar Manneh 1] Date of birth Aug. 3, 1977 (age 39) 1] Occupation Chief Executive Officer of Mojang AB Nationality Swedish Known for Being a founder of Mojang and the CEO. | Founder of Mojang Chief Executive Officer | FIFA 10, Resident Evil, Tetris | Cloning himself. | @carlmanneh | Used to be Notch`s old boss. His last name sounds like "money" and he is Mojang`s business guy. Coincidence? | |
Warren `EvilSeph` Loo | Game developer | @EvilSeph | Leader of the Bukkit team. | |||
Jakob Pors⃩r Jakob Porsér Real name Jakob Porsér Date of birth Feb. 13, 1978 (age 39) 1] 2] Occupation Game developer Nationality Swedish Known for Being a founder of Mojang and being Notch s best friend! Reddit name JahKob | Founder of Mojang Game developer (Scrolls) | X-Com 2, Master of Magic, Diablo 2 | Recursive for loops. | @JahKob | Made another game (Scrolls) along with Minecraft. His pants defy gravity and suspenders alike. | |
Johan Bernhardsson | Game developer (Minecraft Java Edition) | Half-Life 2, Bloodline Champions | @jbernhardsson | Previously worked as a Half-Life 2 modder, a minigame developer and a software engineer. Was a programmer for Stunlock Studios on strategy game Bloodline Champions. Previously a Minecraft Pocket Edition developer. He no longer works for Mojang. He now works in Malm. | ||
Ryan `TheMogMiner` Holtz |
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Current employees
For an up-to-date list of employees maintained by Mojang, click here.
Name | Position | Favorite games | Special talent | Notes | About: Mojang AB: Employees | |
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Markus Alexej `Notch` Persson | Founder of Mojang and creator of Minecraft.net | Dungeon Master 2, Doom, X-Com | Can look directly at the sun with only minor permanent damage. | 1 | Used to have a great hat, gave it away, now has a new hat. | Minecraft is the brainchild of Markus Persson. Rumors have it that he programmed it during a power outage in the summer of 1812 while he was carrying infants out of a burning church which was built on the back of a giant possum. Also he is 11`6" tall and glows in the dark.
1. Enjoy games 2. Pick up programming 3.₠???? 4. Profit |
Jens `jeb_` Bergensten | Lead programmer/designer on Minecraft | Starcraft, Doom 2, Don⃢₀ₙt Look Back | Eating cheese doodles with chopsticks | 2 | He`s a redditor! | Fun Fact #328: The facial hair right below his lower lip is brighter then the rest. |
Daniel `Kappische` Kaplan | Handles communications between many major companies | Street Fighter IV, Tetris DS, Zelda: A Link to the Past | Typing very fast. | 3 | On his Skype picture he looks like a pirate. | |
Markus `Junkboy` Toivonen | Art developer | Wild Guns, Metal Slug, Full Throttle | Laying down digital mosaic. | 4 | Very mysterious. | Some say he doesn`t even exist. |
Jakob `JahKob` Porser | Founder of Mojang and lead programmer/designer on Scrolls.com | X-Com 2, Master of Magic, Diablo 2 | Recursive for loops. | 5 | Will be making another game (Scrolls) along with Minecraft. | His pants defy gravity and suspenders alike. |
Carl Manneh | Founder of Mojang and the CEO | FIFA 10, Resident Evil, Tetris | Cloning himself. | 6 | Used to be Notch`s old boss. | His last name sounds like "money" and he is Mojang`s business guy. Coincidence? |
Tobias Mollstam | Web guy | Developing tight webs to capture customers. | 7 | One day he decided to eat failure and shit success. True story. | ||
Aron Nieminen | Lead programmer on Minecraft - Pocket Edition | None | He`s very bright. | His hair looks like a blue, woolen cap.
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Daniel Frisk | Web guy | 8 | He never works on Fridays. | |||
Henrik `Carnalizer` Pettersson | Art developer 2 | Boardgames, strategy games, Team Fortress 2, Half-Life, Minecraft | Extreme procrastination. | 9 | Is the oldest person employed by Mojang. | |
Mattis `BomuBoi/Bomb Boy` Grahm | He is cute | Time travel. | 10 | |||
Lydia `MinecraftChick` Winters | Director of Fun | Minecraft, Oregon Trail | Having bright-colored hair. | 11 | Minecraft was the second video game she played. | |
Leonard `xlson` Axelsson | Web guy | Can recite the Alphabet entirely by memory. | 12 | |||
Kristoffer `KrisJelbring` Jelbring | Web guy | Being Mojang`s unofficial DJ. | 13 | |||
Jon Kagstrom | AI Programmer for Minecraft | 14 | ||||
Karin Severinson | Calculates all our money | 15 | ||||
Marc Watson | Customer Support Manager | Minecraft, Mass Effect, Halo, Elder Scrolls | Performs improv comedy | 16 | Started Minecraft Marathon | |
Darren Gladstone | Graphic Designer | Developing "hidden" game elements | N/A | He was one of the first "hidden employees" to be discovered |
Contract employees
Name | Task | Notes | |
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Daniel `C418` Rosenfeld | Making the music and sounds for Minecraft. | 17 | Has high self-esteem! |
Kristoffer Zetterstrand | Made the paintings for Minecraft. | 18 | He is the subject of a Wikipedia article, and Notch is his brother-in-law! |
Notes
- ⃢₆ₑ These are from the support page on minecraft.net that is no longer available, having been replaced by help.minecraft.net.
- ⃢₆ₑ This is from "About", then "Minecraft", on the same page as the others.