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Markus Persson Built Minecraft Alone; Microsoft Bought It for $2.5B

Markus Persson, the Swedish programmer known as Notch, created Minecraft single-handedly before selling the game and his studio, Mojang, to Microsoft in 2014 for $2.5 billion. The story of a lone developer building the best-selling game of all time and cashing out at such a scale continues to draw attention as a defining example of independent game development success.

Why now: The extraordinary rags-to-riches story of a solo developer selling his creation to Microsoft for $2.5 billion keeps resurfacing as an iconic gaming business tale.

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• Markus Persson Built Minecraft Alone; Microsoft Bought It for $2.5B · Men's Journal

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