Markus persson was born in stockholm sweden under the name Markus persson on June 1 1979. his mom’s name is Riva persson and his father’s name is Birger persson. Markus lived in multiple places throughout his life such as Ystad Edsbyn and Stockholm in sweden. When Markus was young his father Birger brought home a commodore 128 computer. When Markus was young he loved to play with legos and walk through the trees around his home which later influenced his claim to fame. By the time Marcus was 7 he had written his first program. Markus never finished his high school but taught himself how to code with his commodore. His programming
knowledge led to his first job at 18 which was working for the company midasplayer later known as the website king.com.