Jens Bergensten

Jens Bergensten
Bergensten at Minecon in 2011
Born	Jens Peder Bergensten (1979-05-18) 18 May 1979 (age 45) Örebro, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Other names	Jeb
Occupation(s)	Video game programmer and designer
Known for	Lead developer of Minecraft
Spouse	Jenny Thornell ​ (m. 2013)​
Children	1

Jens Peder Bergensten^[1] (born 18 May 1979),^[2][3] also known as Jeb, is a Swedish video game programmer and designer. He is the lead designer of Minecraft.^[4][5][6] In 2013, he and Markus Persson were named in Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world.^[7] He was the co-developer in 2010. In 2011, he became the lead designer; and in 2014 got full control when Persson left the company.^[8]

Games developed

• Harvest: Massive Encounter (2008)
• Minecraft (2011)
• Cobalt (2016)

References

1. Locker, Melissa (16 September 2014). "Dear Microsoft: Please Don't Screw Up Minecraft. Sincerely, Parents". TIME.com. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
2. Jens Bergensten (4 March 2013). "jeb_: I will turn 34 in May". Twitter. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
3. Jens Bergensten (4 March 2013). "jeb_: 18th!". Twitter. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
4. Tom Senior (2 December 2011). "Notch steps down as Minecraft lead designer, plans to start new projects". PC Gamer. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
5. Markus Persson (2 December 2011). "Och med dom orden så passar jag micken". Archived from the original on 27 December 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
6. "Minecraft has just beaten Tetris as the best selling video game of all time". MSPoweruser. 2019-05-17. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
7. Wright, Will. "The 2013 TIME 100". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
8. 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.

Other websites

• Jens Bergensten on Twitter