Mojang AB (Full Swedish name; Mojäng Aktiebolag or Swedish for "Gadget Ltd."), originally Mojang Specifications, is the indie joint-stock company responsible for the creation and development of Minecraft, among other games. Mojang's headquarters are located in Stockholm, Sweden. As of May 2016, Mojang has somewhere between 50 and 60 employees.[1]
Employees
From left to right: Markus Persson, Jens Bergensten, Daniel Kaplan, Junkboy, Jakob Porser, Carl Manneh, Tobias Mollstam, Aron Nieminen, Darren Gladstone, Mattis Grahm, Lydia Winters, Henrik Pettersson.
Current employees
For an up-to-date list of employees maintained by Mojang, click here.
| Name | Position[1] | Favorite games | Special talent | Notes | About: Mojang AB: Employees[notes 1] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markus Alexej 'Notch' Persson | Founder of Mojang and creator of Minecraft.net | Dungeon Master 2, Doom, X-Com | Can look directly at the sun with only minor permanent damage. | [1] | 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 possum. Also he is 11'6" tall and glows in the dark.[notes 2]
1. Enjoy games 2. Pick up programming 3. ???? 4. Profit |
| Jens 'jeb_' Bergensten | Lead programmer/designer on Minecraft | Starcraft, Doom 2, Don’t Look Back | Eating cheese doodles with chopsticks | [2] | He's a redditor! | Fun Fact #328: The facial hair right below his lower lip is brighter then the rest. |
| Daniel 'Kappische' Kaplan | Handles communications between many major companies | Street Fighter IV, Tetris DS, Zelda: A Link to the Past | Typing very fast. | [3] | On his Skype picture he looks like a pirate. | |
| Markus 'Junkboy' Toivonen | Art developer | Wild Guns, Metal Slug, Full Throttle | Laying down digital mosaic. | [4] | Very mysterious. | Some say he doesn't even exist. |
| Jakob 'JahKob' Porser | Founder of Mojang and lead programmer/designer on Scrolls.com | X-Com 2, Master of Magic, Diablo 2 | Recursive for loops. | [5] | Will be making another game (Scrolls) along with Minecraft. | His pants defy gravity and suspenders alike. |
| Carl Manneh | Founder of Mojang and the CEO | FIFA 10, Resident Evil, Tetris | Cloning himself. | [6] | Used to be Notch's old boss. | His last name sounds like "money" and he is Mojang's business guy. Coincidence? |
| Tobias Mollstam | Web guy | Developing tight webs to capture customers. | [7] | One day he decided to eat failure and shit success. True story. | ||
| Aron Nieminen | Lead programmer on Minecraft - Pocket Edition | None | He's very bright. | His hair looks like a blue, woolen cap.
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| Daniel Frisk | Web guy | [8] | He never works on Fridays. | |||
| Henrik 'Carnalizer' Pettersson | Art developer 2 | Boardgames, strategy games, Team Fortress 2, Half-Life, Minecraft | Extreme procrastination. | [9] | Is the oldest person employed by Mojang. | |
| Mattis 'BomuBoi/Bomb Boy' Grahm | He is cute | Time travel. | [10] | |||
| Lydia 'MinecraftChick' Winters[2] | Director of Fun | Minecraft, Oregon Trail | Having bright-colored hair. | [11] | Minecraft was the second video game she played. | |
| Leonard 'xlson' Axelsson[3] | Web guy | Can recite the Alphabet entirely by memory. | [12] | |||
| Kristoffer 'KrisJelbring' Jelbring[4] | Web guy | Being Mojang's unofficial DJ. | [13] | |||
| Jon Kagstrom | AI Programmer for Minecraft | [14] | ||||
| Karin Severinson | Calculates all our money | [15] | ||||
| Marc Watson | Customer Support Manager | Minecraft, Mass Effect, Halo, Elder Scrolls | Performs improv comedy | [16] | Started Minecraft Marathon[5] | |
| Darren Gladstone | Graphic Designer | Developing "hidden" game elements | [N/A] | He was one of the first "hidden employees" to be discovered |
Contract employees
| Name | Task | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel 'C418' Rosenfeld | Making the music and sounds for Minecraft. | [17] | Has high self-esteem! |
| Kristoffer Zetterstrand | Made the paintings for Minecraft. | [18] | He is the subject of a Wikipedia article, and Notch is his brother-in-law! |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://help.mojang.com/customer/portal/articles/331367-employees
- ↑ https://twitter.com/carlmanneh/status/117235758884073473
- ↑ https://twitter.com/notch/status/123295374076153856
- ↑ https://twitter.com/notch/status/149643862191783937
- ↑ http://about.me/marcwatson
Notes
- ↑ These are from the support page on minecraft.net that is no longer available, having been replaced by help.minecraft.net.
- ↑ This is from "About", then "Minecraft", on the same page as the others.
Trivia
- The splash text on the Minecraft main menu may sometimes say "Made in Sweden!", referencing the home country of Mojang.
- The tip bar on the loading screen says nobody has actually seen Junk boy's real face.
