John Carmack

John Carmack net worth and salary: John Carmack is a Game Designer who has a net worth of $40 million. John Carmack was born in in August 20, 1970. Notable for founding the Id Software company, Carmack created a number of popular video games, including Rage, Doom, Commander Keen, and Wolfenstein 3D.
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Popular As John Carmack
Occupation Game Designer
Age 54 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born August 20, 1970 (KS)
Birthday August 20
Town/City KS
Nationality KS

🌙 Zodiac

John Carmack’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

John Carmack was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.

About

Notable for founding the Id Software company, Carmack created a number of popular video games, including Rage, Doom, Commander Keen, and Wolfenstein 3D.

Before Fame

In his early teens, he was arrested for his role in an Apple computer heist at a school in his hometown. Later, after briefly studying at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, he began working for a Louisiana-based computer technology company called Softdisk.

Trivia

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

Family Life

His marriage to fellow video game designer Katherine Anna Kang resulted in two children.

Associated With

He and fellow Kansas native Matt Burch both had successful careers as software programmers.

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