Markus Persson, who has made £1billion by selling his game Minecraft to Microsoft The man behind gaming phenomenon Minecraft made £1billion yesterday – when he sold his company to return to being a ‘nerdy computer programmer’. Markus Persson launched the hit computer game in 2009, in which players can build an entire world using retro-looking blocks. But the 35-year-old said he no longer wanted the ‘responsibility’ of owning such a global success, and sold his development studio Mojang to US giant Microsoft for a total of £1.5billion. Mr Persson, who lives in Stockholm, is thought to have made more than £1billion personally from the deal.
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Markus Persson launched the hit computer game Minecraft in 2009
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Game sees players build an entire world using retro-looking blocks
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The 35-year-old has now sold his company to US giant Microsoft
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He is thought to have made more than £1billion personally from the deal
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Mr Persson agreed to the sale so he could return to being a computer programmer
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