Mojang AB
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Mojang AB (full Swedish name: Mojäng Aktiebolag—Swedish for "Gadget Ltd."), pronounced /mʊˈjɛŋ/[1] (muu-YENG), originally Mojang Specifications, is the independent video game developer primarily known for the creation and development of Minecraft. It was founded by Markus Persson, Jakob Porsér, and Carl Manneh. Located in Stockholm, Sweden, Mojang currently has 27 employees.
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[edit] Employees
Top row, left to right: Markus Persson, Jens Bergensten, Daniel Kaplan, Markus Toivonen, Jakob Porsér, Carl Manneh, Tobias Möllstam, Aron Nieminen
Bottom row, left to right: Daniel Frisk, Mattis Grahm, Lydia Winters, Henrik Pettersson, Leonard Axelsson, Jon Kågström, Kristoffer Jelbring, Marc Watson.
Bottom row, left to right: Daniel Frisk, Mattis Grahm, Lydia Winters, Henrik Pettersson, Leonard Axelsson, Jon Kågström, Kristoffer Jelbring, Marc Watson.
[edit] Current employees
| Name | Position: help.mojang.com mojang.com/about |
Favorite games | Special talent | Notes | About: Mojang AB: Employees | |
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| Markus "Notch" Persson | Founder of Mojang and creator of Minecraft.net Game developer |
Dungeon Master 2, Doom, X-Com | Can look directly at the sun with only minor permanent damage. | @notch | 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 opossum. Also he is 11'6" tall and glows in the dark.
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| Jens "Jeb_" Bergensten | Lead programmer/designer on Minecraft Game developer |
Starcraft, Doom 2, Don’t Look Back | Eating cheese doodles with chopsticks | @jeb_ | He's a redditor! | Fun Fact #328: The facial hair right below his lower lip is brighter than the rest. |
| Daniel "Kappische" Kaplan | Business developer Business Developer and Developer of Minecraft Pocket Edition |
Street Fighter IV, Tetris DS, Zelda: A Link to the Past | Typing very fast. | @Kappische | On his Skype picture he looks like a pirate. | |
| Markus "Junkboy" Toivonen | Art developer Art Director |
Wild Guns, Metal Slug, Full Throttle | Laying down digital mosaic. | @jnkboy | Very mysterious. | Some say he doesn't even exist. |
| Jakob Porsér | Founder of Mojang and lead programmer/designer on Scrolls.com Game developer |
X-Com 2, Master of Magic, Diablo 2 | Recursive for loops. | @JahKob | Will be making another game (Scrolls) along with Minecraft. | His pants defy gravity and suspenders alike. |
| Carl Manneh | Founder of Mojang and the CEO Boss |
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? |
| Tobias Möllstam | Web developer Force of Good |
Developing tight webs to capture customers. | @mollstam | One day he decided to eat failure and s*** success. True story. | ||
| Aron Nieminen | Lead programmer on Minecraft - Pocket Edition Game developer |
None | He's very bright. | His hair looks like a blue, woolen cap. | ||
| Daniel Frisk | Chief architect |
@danfrisk | He never works on Fridays. | |||
| Mattis "BombBoy" Grahm | Artist |
Time travel. | @BomuBoi | |||
| Lydia "MinecraftChick" Winters[2] | Director of Fun |
Minecraft, Oregon Trail | Having bright-colored hair. | @LydiaWinters | Minecraft was the second video game she played. | |
| Henrik "Carnalizer" Pettersson | Artist |
Boardgames, strategy games, Team Fortress 2, Half-Life, Minecraft | Extreme procrastination. | @carnalizer | Is the oldest person employed by Mojang. | |
| Leonard "Xlson" Axelsson[3] | Web Developer |
Can recite the entire alphabet by memory. | @xlson | |||
| Jon Kågström | Programmer on Minecraft Game developer |
@jonkagstrom | Used to work as an AI programmer at DICE on Battlefield. | |||
| Kristoffer Jelbring[4] | Web developer Web Developer |
Being Mojang's unofficial DJ. | @KrisJelbring | |||
| Marc Watson | Customer support manager Customer Support |
Minecraft, Mass Effect, Halo, Elder Scrolls | Performs improv comedy | @Marc_IRL | Started Minecraft Marathon[5] | |
| Karin Severinson | Finances | @KarinSeverinson | ||||
| Anton Albiin | Customer support | @EttGlasVatten | ||||
| Mathias Andersson | Customer support | @91maan90 | ||||
| Mike Till | Customer support | US Army veteran | @E_Claymore | Worked with Marc at previous job | ||
| Warren "EvilSeph" Loo | Minecraft server development | @evilseph | Member of the Bukkit team. | |||
| Erik "Grum" Broes | Minecraft server development | @_grum | Member of the Bukkit team. | |||
| Nathan "Dinnerbone" Adams | Minecraft server development | @dinnerbone | Member of the Bukkit team. | |||
| Nathan "Tahg" Gilbert | Minecraft server development | @tahgtahv | Member of the Bukkit team. | |||
| Måns Olson | Game developer | @MansOlson | ||||
| Johan Bernhardsson | Game developer | @jbernhardsson | ||||
| Patrick Geuder | Data analysis. | @pgeuder |
[edit] Games
- Minecraft
- Cobalt (developed with Oxeye Game Studio)
- Scrolls
- 0x10c
[edit] Trivia
- The "AB" in "Mojang AB" stands for Aktiebolag, which roughly translates to Limited or Ltd in English.