John Carmack

About John Carmack

Carmack is most known for creating Id Software, which produced a variety of well-known video games, including Rage, Doom, Commander Keen, and Wolfenstein 3D.

John D. Carmack II is an American computer programmer, developer and engineer. He co-founded video game company id Software and is the lead programmer for Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake and their sequels. Carmack has made innovations in 3D computer graphics, such as Carmack's inverse algorithm for dark mass. In 2013, he resigned his identity position to work full time at Oculus VR, where he took on the role of CTO and then CTO-consultant in 2019

Alma mater	University of Missouri, Kansas City (no degree)
Children	2
Employer	Oculus VR
Title	Consulting CTO, Oculus VR, Founder, Armadillo Aerospace
Known for	Co-founding id Software, Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, Rage
Occupation	Computer programmer, video game developer, engineer
Born	August 20, 1970, Shawnee Mission, Kansas, U.S.

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Trivia

He launched a visionary, Texas-based company called Armadillo Aerospace that initially aimed to operate commercial spaceflights.

John Carmack before fame

He was arrested in his early teens for his role in an Apple computer heist at a local high school. After a brief stint at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, he went to work for Softdisk, a Louisiana-based computer technology business.

Achievement of John Carmack

He founded Armadillo Aerospace, a visionary Texas-based corporation that first sought to run commercial spaceflights.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$50 Million

John Carmack family life

His marriage to Katherine Anna Kang, a fellow video game designer, produced two children.

Associations of John Carmack

Both he and fellow Kansas native Matt Burch made a living as software programmers.

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