Jens Bergensten

Jens Bergensten
Bergensten in 2011
Born
Jens Peder Bergensten

(1979-05-18) 18 May 1979 (age 45)
Örebro, Sweden
Other namesJeb
Alma materLund University
Occupation(s)Video game programmer and designer
Known forLead developer of Minecraft
TitleChief creative officer of Mojang Studios
Spouse
Jenny Bergensten
(m. 2013)
Children1

Jens Peder Bergensten (born 18 May 1979), known professionally as Jeb, is a Swedish video game programmer and designer. He is best known as the lead designer of Minecraft,[1][2][3] and is the chief creative officer of Mojang Studios. In 2013, he, along with Minecraft creator Markus Persson, was named as one of Time's 100 most influential people in the world.[4] As an employee of Mojang Studios, he had been co-developing Minecraft with Persson since 2010, became the lead designer in 2011, and assumed full control in 2014, when Persson left the company after its acquisition.[5]

  1. ^ Tom Senior (2 December 2011). "Notch steps down as Minecraft lead designer, plans to start new projects". PC Gamer. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  2. ^ Markus Persson (2 December 2011). "Och med dom orden så passar jag micken". Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Minecraft has just beaten Tetris as the best selling video game of all time". MSPoweruser. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  4. ^ Wright, Will. "The 2013 TIME 100". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  5. ^ Goldberg, Daniel; Larsson, Linus (2 June 2015). "The Unlikely Story of Microsoft's Surprise Minecraft Buyout". Wired. Condé Nast. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

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