GAME DESIGNER

Jens Bergensten

1979 - Today

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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, and is the chief creative officer of Mojang Studios. In 2013, he, along with Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson, was named as one of Time's 100 most influential people in the world. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Jens Bergensten is the 47th most popular game designer (up from 50th in 2024), the 1,204th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 1,258th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Game Designer.

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Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Jens Bergensten ranks 47 out of 77. Before him are Yuji Naka, Tim Cain, Jeff Kaplan, Mike Harrington, Toshihiro Nagoshi, and Scott Cawthon. After him are Johan Andersson, Ron Gilbert, Ed Boon, Neil Druckmann, Yoshinori Kitase, and Al Lowe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Jens Bergensten ranks 276. Before him are Rie Kugimiya, Koichi Yokozeki, Natasha Yarovenko, Tatyana Ali, Atsushi Ohkubo, and Nika Melia. After him are Natasha Lyonne, Gaitana, Andriy Biletsky, Svetlana Khorkina, Wes Brown, and Daniel Narcisse.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Jens Bergensten ranks 1,204 out of 1,879. Before him are Peter Fröjdfeldt (1963), Emil Forsberg (1991), Jan Eriksson (1967), Tomas Gustafson (1959), Tomas Johansson (1962), and Sonja Åkesson (1926). After him are Margreth Weivers (1926), Johan Andersson (1974), Kristina Hautala (1948), Petter Hansson (1976), Rudolf Degermark (1886), and Frank Andersson (1956).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In Sweden

Among game designers born in Sweden, Jens Bergensten ranks 2. Before him are Markus Persson (1979). After him are Johan Andersson (1974).

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