Markus “Notch” Persson is the latest victim of a celebrity death hoax on social media. Pic credit: Forbes/YouTube Markus Persson, better known as Notch, is the billionaire creator of Minecraft. A ...

In a blog post, Mojang co-founder Markus Persson says he's leaving the company following its sale to Microsoft for the sake of his sanity. Most acquisitions are made in the name of growth, a shared ...

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For many developers, the allure of creating a hit application and raking in lots of money is enough to justify long hours and months, if not years, of thankless work spent hunched over a computer and ...

Is it tough being a billionaire? Minecraft creator Markus Persson recently seemed to suggest he isn’t fully enjoying his financial freedom. A series of Tweets that Persson sent out caught the ...

The L.A. area’s unusually hot ultra-luxury real estate market ended 2014 with yet another mega-sale. Swedish video game billionaire Markus Persson bought a Beverly Hills mansion built by handbag ...

Playing video games can make you money and, as Markus “Notch” Persson has found out, it can make you a billionaire. The 35-year-old creator of popular video game “Minecraft” and cofounder of gaming ...

I am completely blameless in the sad story of Markus Persson. I had vaguely been aware of a computer game called Minecraft, but I had never felt the need to contribute to Persson's unfeasible wealth ...

Markus Persson has a 10-year plan for Mojang, the company he founded to update Minecraft and help him create new games. In the plan, Persson hopes that Mojang will continue to be profitable, but if it ...