Who is Markus Persson?

Markus Persson is a Swedish video game programmer and designer. He is also known as Notch and has created Minecraft.

Markus is also the founder of the video game company Mojang.

Markus Persson- Age, Parents, Ethnicity, Education

He was born Markus Alexej Persson on June 1, 1979, in  Stockholm, Sweden. His father, Birger, was a Swedish railway employee, and his mother, Ritva was a Finnish nurse.

His ethnicity is mixed with Finnish and Swedish.

Talking about his education, he attended the Tumba gymnasium from 1995 to 1998. He then joined Säbyskolan in the year 1995 and then enrolled in Rotebergs Skola.

He also did an online programming course.