Jens Bergensten

Jens Bergensten
Jens Bergensten
	Bergensten at Minecon in 2011
Born	Jens Peder Bergensten; 18 May 1979 (age 44); 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 was named as one of Time's 100 most influential people in the world.^[7] He was the co-developer in 2010. In 2011, he became the lead designer in 2011. He got full control in 2014 when Persson left the company.^[8]

Games developed[change | change source]

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

References[change | change source]

↑ Locker, Melissa (16 September 2014). "Dear Microsoft: Please Don't Screw Up Minecraft. Sincerely, Parents". TIME.com. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
↑ Jens Bergensten (4 March 2013). "jeb_: I will turn 34 in May". Twitter. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
↑ Jens Bergensten (4 March 2013). "jeb_: 18th!". Twitter. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
↑ Tom Senior (2 December 2011). "Notch steps down as Minecraft lead designer, plans to start new projects". PC Gamer. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
↑ 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.
↑ "Minecraft has just beaten Tetris as the best selling video game of all time". MSPoweruser. 2019-05-17. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
↑ Wright, Will. "The 2013 TIME 100". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
↑ 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[change | change source]

Jens Bergensten on Twitter

[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.

[Jeb_Lead-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.

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v t e Minecraft
Other Games	Minecraft Dungeons Minecraft Earth Minecraft: Pocket Edition Minecraft: Education Edition Minecraft Legends
People	Mojang Markus Persson Jens Bergensten
Characters and mobs	Creeper Steve
Servers	2b2t Hypixel Mineplex
Other	"Minecraft Multiplayer Fun"
Category

v t e Mojang Studios
Minecraft	Minecraft Minecraft Dungeons Minecraft Legends Minecraft Earth Minecraft: Story Mode
Other games	Scrolls Crown and Council Cobalt WASD Minicraft 0x10^c
People	Markus Persson Jens Bergensten Daniel Rosenfeld Nathan Adams
Parent company: Microsoft Studios (Microsoft)