Minecraft Creator Joins Forbes Billionaire List
Minecraft创始人——Notch 进入了福布斯全球亿万富翁榜
Business magazine Forbes has published its 2015 list of the world's billionaires , and one newcomer has ties to video games.
商业杂志福布斯公布了2015年全球富翁榜的名单，其中一位新的人物是一个游戏创始者。
Markus "Notch" Persson, who sold Mojang and the Minecraft franchise to Microsoft in September for $2.5 billion, joins the ranks of the super-rich with an estimated net worth of $1.2 billion. Notch is believed to have owned 70 percent of shares in Mojang , yielding a major payday when the deal went through.
Persson bought a $70 million Beverly Hills mansion earlier this year, outbidding power couple Jay-Z and Beyonce. He later threw one heck of a housewarming party. Another recent Forbes story reveals that Persson is known to spend as much as $180,000 per night during trips to Las Vegas.
According to Forbes , Bill Gates is yet again the richest person in the world, a title he's held for 16 of the past 21 years. His total fortune is $79.2 billion, up $3.2 billion since last year. Check out the full Forbes list here.
Markus"Notch" Persson, who sold Mojang and the Minecraft franchise to Microsoft in September for $2.5 Billion, joins the ranks of the super-rich with an estimated net worth of $1.2 Billion. Notch is believed to have owned 70 percent of shares in Mojang, yielding a major payday when the deal went through.
Persson bought a $70 million Beverly Hills mansion earlier this year, outbidding power couple Jay-Z and Beyonce. He later threw one heck of a housewarming party. Another recent Forbes story reveals that Persson is known to spend as much as $180,000 per night during trips to Las Vegas.
According to Forbes, Bill Gates is yet again the richest person in the world, a title he's held for 16 of the past 21 years. His total fortune is $79.2 Billion, up $3.2 Billion since last year. Check out the full Forbes list here.