Inside The Post-Minecraft Life Of Billionaire Gamer God Markus Persson

So three months ago Persson pushed it all away, completing the sale of Minecraft to Microsoft MSFT +0.17% for $2.5 billion in cash. His 71% stake in Mojang, the company behind Minecraft, made him a new, and particularly flush, member of the FORBES World’s Billionaires list.

So with well over half his life ahead of him, the man who created an entire universe, whose persona was synonymous with it and who received the wrath of his community for abandoning it, must now figure out exactly who he is.

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