John Carmack - Net Worth, Age, Height, Birthday, Bio, Wiki!

Explore John Carmack net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! Famous for founding Carmack was the founder of Id Software company, Carmack developed a variety of well-known video games, such as Rage, Doom, Commander Keen and Wolfenstein 3D. In this article, we will discover how old is John Carmack? Who is John Carmack dating now & how much money does John Carmack have?

Name	John Carmack
First Name	John
Last Name	Carmack
Occupation	Game Designer
Birthday	August 20
Birth Year	1970
Place of Birth	Shawnee Mission
Home Town	Kansas
Birth Country	United States
Birth Sign	Leo
Full/Birth Name
Parents	Inga Carmack, Stan Carmack
Siblings	Not Available
Spouse	Katherine Anna Kang
Children(s)	Christopher Ryan Carmack

John Carmack Biography

John Carmack is one of the most popular and richest Game Designer who was born on August 20, 1970 in Shawnee Mission, Kansas, United States. He along with his fellow Kansas resident He and fellow Kansas native Matt Burch both had successful careers as software programmers. both enjoyed successful careers as programmers for software.

Carmack was introduced to video games with the 1978 shoot ’em up title Space Invaders in the arcades during a summer vacation as a child. The 1980 maze chase arcade game Pac-Man also left a strong impression on him. He cited Shigeru Miyamoto as the game developer he most admired.

Softdisk, a computer company in Shreveport, Louisiana, hired Carmack to work on Softdisk G-S (an Apple IIGS publication), introducing him to John Romero and other future key members of id Software such as Adrian Carmack (not related). Later, Softdisk would place this team in charge of a new, but short-lived, bi-monthly game subscription product called Gamer’s Edge for the IBM PC (DOS) platform. In 1990, while still at Softdisk, Carmack, Romero, and others created the first of the Commander Keen games, a series that was published by Apogee Software, under the shareware distribution model, from 1991 onwards. Afterwards, Carmack left Softdisk to co-found id Software.

His union with fellow designer of video games Katherine Anna Kang resulted in two children.

He established a visionary Texas-based business named Armadillo Aerospace that initially aimed to provide commercial space flights.

John D. Carmack II (born August 20, 1970) is an American computer programmer, video game developer and engineer. He co-founded the video game company id Software and was the lead programmer of its games Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom and Quake and their sequels. Carmack made innovations in 3D graphics, such as his Carmack’s Reverse algorithm for shadow volumes. In 2013, he resigned from id to work full-time at Oculus VR, where he served as CTO and later Consulting CTO in 2019.

John Carmack Net Worth

John is one of the richest Game Designer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John Carmack's net worth $50 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

When he was in his teenage years, the teenager was detained for his part as a suspect in an Apple computer theft at a local school in the city he grew up in. After a brief period of study at the University of Missouri-Kansas city in the early 1990s, he joined an Louisiana-based company for computer technology known as Softdisk.

Net Worth	$50 Million
Salary	Under Review
Source of Income	Game Designer
Cars	Not Available
House	Living in own house.

Carmack released the source code for Wolfenstein 3D in 1995 and the Doom source code in 1997. When the source code to Quake was leaked and circulated among the Quake community underground in 1996, a programmer unaffiliated with id Software used it to port Quake to Linux, and subsequently sent the patches to Carmack. Instead of pursuing legal action, id Software, at Carmack’s behest, used the patches as the foundation for a company-sanctioned Linux port. id Software has since publicly released the source code to Quake, Quake 2, Quake 3 and lastly Doom 3 (and later the BFG Edition), all under the GNU General Public License (GPL). The Doom source code was also re-released under the GPL in 1999. The id Tech 4 engine, more commonly known as the “Doom 3 engine”, has also been released as open-source license under the GPL. The source code for Hovertank 3D and Catacomb 3D (as well as Carmack’s earlier Catacomb) was released in June 2014 by Flat Rock Software with Carmack’s blessing. On the other hand, Carmack has several times over the years voiced a skeptical opinion about Linux as a gaming platform; for instance in 2013 he argued for emulation “as proper technical direction for gaming on linux” and in 2014 he voiced the opinion that Linux might be the biggest problem for the success of the Steam Machine.

He met his wife Katherine Anna Kang at the 1997 QuakeCon when she visited id’s offices. As a bet, Kang challenged Carmack to sponsor the first All Female Quake Tournament if she was able to produce a significant number of participants. Carmack predicted a maximum of 25 participants, but there were 1,500. Carmack and Kang married on January 1, 2000 and planned a ceremony in Hawaii. Steve Jobs requested that they would postpone the ceremony so he could attend the MacWorld Expo on January 5, 2000. Carmack declined and suggested making a video instead. Carmack and his wife had a son in 2004. Carmack has a blog last updated in 2006 (previously a .plan), an active Twitter account, and also occasionally posts comments to Slashdot.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Carmack loves pizza. During his time at id Software, a medium pepperoni pizza would arrive for Carmack from Domino’s Pizza almost every day, carried by the same delivery person for more than 15 years. Carmack had been such a regular customer that they continued to charge him 1995 prices.

Who is John Carmack Dating?

According to our records, John Carmack married to Katherine Anna Kang . As of January 13, 2024, John Carmack’s is not dating anyone.

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Around 2000, Carmack became interested in rocketry, a hobby of his youth. Reviewing how much money he was spending on customizing Ferraris, Carmack realized he could do significant work in hobby aerospace. He began by giving financial support to a few local amateur engineers. Carmack funded the company out of his own pocket, for “something north of a million dollars a year.” The company of hobbyists made steady progress toward their goals of suborbital space flight and eventual orbital vehicles. In October 2008, Armadillo Aerospace competed in a NASA contest known as the Lunar Lander Challenge, winning first place in the Level 1 competition along with $350,000. In September 2009, they completed Level 2 and were awarded $500,000. The company went into “hibernation mode” in 2013.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Body Measurements	Under Review
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Carmack was so successful at id that by mid-1994 he had purchased 2 Ferraris; a 328 and a Ferrari Testarossa. In 1997, he gave away one of his Ferrari (a 328 model) as a prize to Dennis Fong, the winner of the Quake tournament “Red Annihilation”.

Carmack’s engines have also been licensed for use in other influential first-person shooters such as Half-Life, Call of Duty and Medal of Honor. In 2007, when Carmack was on vacation with his wife, he ended up playing some games on his cellphone, and decided he was going to make a “good” mobile game.

Top Facts about John Carmack

John Carmack is a pioneering American computer programmer.
He co-founded id Software and developed iconic games like Doom.
Carmack was the lead developer of the Oculus Rift VR headset.
He received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2010 Game Developers Choice Awards.
Carmack has made significant contributions to the field of 3D graphics programming.
He is known for his expertise in game engine development.
In 2013, he left id Software to join Oculus VR as their CTO.
Carmack has been inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame.
He holds several patents related to virtual reality technology.
Carmack is also an amateur rocket scientist and founded Armadillo Aerospace in 2000.

Facts & Trivia

John Ranked on the list of most popular Game Designer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. John Carmack celebrates birthday on August 20 of every year.

Carmack supported the 2012 presidential campaign of Republican Ron Paul.

How rich is John Carmack?

John Carmack Net Worth and Salary: John is an American game programmer who is famous for founding id Software who has a net worth of $50 million. He was the main programmer for popular games such as Rage, Doom, Quake and Commander Keen.

Did Carmack create oculus?

Carmack, also known for his work programming games like Doom and Quake, played a substantial role in the current generation of VR. He helped promote the Oculus Rift when it launched on Kickstarter in 2012, and he joined Oculus as CTO in 2013, leaving Doom studio id Software.

Did Carmack create Doom?

John D. Carmack II (born August 20, 1970, 51 years old) was the lead programmer at id Software and one of the company’s co-founders. He created the Doom engine and the engines for all other id releases until his departure in 2013.

What did John Carmack do for Doom?

John D. Carmack II (born August 20, 1970) was the lead programmer at id Software and one of the company’s co-founders. He programmed the Doom engine and the game engines for all other id games.

How much is Tim Sweeney worth?

7.6 billion USD (2022)

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