Persson was born in Stockholm,[8] Sweden, to a Finnish mother and a Swedish father on 1 June 1979.[9] He lived in Edsbyn for the first seven years of his life[10] before his family moved back to Stockholm.[11] He began programming on his father's Commodore 128 home computer at the age of seven.[12] Having experimented with various type-in programs he produced his first game at the age of eight, a text-based adventure game.[10][12] Professionally he had worked as a game developer for King for over four years, until 2009.[10][12] Afterwards he worked as a programmer for Jalbum.[13] He is also one of the founders of Wurm Online,[14] though he no longer works on it.[13] Outside of work, he has made seven games for competitions.[13] He is the central figure of Minecraft: The Story of Mojang, a documentary by 2 Player Productions about the rise of Minecraft and Mojang.
Persson was born in Stockholm,[8] Sweden, to a Finnish mother and a Swedish father on 1 June 1979.[9] He lived in Edsbyn for the first seven years of his life[10] before his family moved back to Stockholm.[11] He began programming on his father's Commodore 128 home computer at the age of seven.[12] Having experimented with various type-in programs he produced his first game at the age of eight, a text-based adventure game.[10][12] Professionally he had worked as a game developer for King for over four years, until 2009.[10][12] Afterwards he worked as a programmer for Jalbum.[13] He is also one of the founders of Wurm Online,[14] though he no longer works on it.[13] Outside of work, he has made seven games for competitions.[13] He is the central figure of Minecraft: The Story of Mojang, a documentary by 2 Player Productions about the rise of Minecraft and Mojang.