Realtors spent $5,000 on a private chef to convince Minecraft's billionaire creator to buy this $70 million mansion Markus Persson, a Swedish video game programmer best known for creating Minecraft, famously dropped $70 million for a 23,000-square-foot Beverly Hills mansion in December 2014. The purchase was a record for the area, and Persson reportedly outbid Beyonce and Jay Z, who had visited the home a number of times.