Markus "Notch" Persson joined Forber's Billionaire List earlier this month. Since then we have heard plenty of rehashing over his $70 million cash purchase of a mansion and whatever other way he has been spending his money. Notch certainly isn't the only person in the video game industry who has seen tons of profit; just think of the guys behind blockbuster mobile games, or people that own large shares of Valve — they're making a killing too.
It's not a surprise that the people with the most money in gaming come predominantly from mobile and/or Facebook games, but there are only two video game moguls that made it onto the billionaire list thanks to your money (and one that really didn't take your money at all, unless you put money into their Oculus Rift Kickstarter campaign).
Here it is folks, the list of the richest people in video games (with pictures in case you meet them):
Gabe Newell
Net Worth: $1.3 billion
Company: Valve and Steam
Games: Half-Life, Portal, Left for Dead, Team Fortress, etc.
Markus "Notch" Persson
Net Worth: $1.3 billion
Company: Mojang (sold to Microsoft for $2.5 billion in cash)
Game: Minecraft
Marcus Pincus
Net Worth: $990 million
Company: Zynga
Game: Farmville, YoVille, etc.
Melvyn Morris
Net Worth: $627 million
Company: King Digital
Game: Candy Crush
Riccardo Zacconi
Net Worth: $548 million
Company: King Digital
Game: Candy Crush
Palmer Luckey
Net Worth: $500 million
Company: Oculus VR
Developing: Oculus Rift
Ilkka Paananen
Net Worth: $400
Company: Supercell
Game: Clash of Clans
[Forbes]
