Truth About Elin Zetterstrand, Markus Persson’s Ex-wife

Elin Zetterstrand is a talented Swedish computer programmer and artist who came to the limelight as the celebrity wife of Markus Alexej Persson, a billionaire Swedish Programmer and video game designer.

The marriage between Elin and Markus ended several years ago, but Elin Zeterstrand’s place has been cemented forever due to her relationship with Markus Persson. Despite having sold his video game company, Mojang, to Microsoft, Markus Persson is the creator of the sandbox game known as Minecraft.

He is regarded as one of the most brilliant minds in the world of video game programming. His marriage to Elin was short-lived, and here’s the truth about the celebrity ex-wife.

Who is Elin Zetterstrand?

Elin Zetterstrand was born on November 9, 1981, under the birth sign of Scorpio in Stockholm, Sweden. Elin has spent pretty much the entirety of her life in Sweden and is a recognized citizen of the country. She belongs to the Caucasian ethnic group, and not much is known about the identity of the computer programmer’s family background.

For instance, there is no knowledge of who her birth parents were, including their names or what they did for a living. Her only identified family member is an older brother named Kristoffer Zetterstrand. There are also unverified sources claiming that Elin has a younger sister.

However, her most prevalent sibling or familial relationship existed with her brother, Kristoffer. Elin spent the majority of her time in Sweden with Kristoffer. It seems that Elin drew inspiration to become a programmer from her older brother, a computer programmer and video game programmer who worked on developing Minecraft alongside her ex-husband.

Details of Elin Zetterstrand’s formal educational background are thin and one of the things she rarely spoke about. However, several sources say that her older brother attended and graduated from Royal University College of Fine Arts, located in Stockholm, Sweden.

Those same sources equally assume that Elin Zetterstrand attended and graduated from the same institution with a degree in Computer Programming and Arts. One would be inclined to agree with these assumptions because Zetterstrand rarely leaves her home country of Sweden.

Elin Zetterstrand Became Famous After She Became Markus Persson’s Wife

Elin Zetterstrand’s career path led her to become a staff of Markus Persson’s computer programming and video programming company, Mojang. While she was going about her duties at the company, she caught her boss’ attention but not in an official capacity. He wanted a more intimate relationship with Elin and set out to make it happen.

They began dating soon after, and it was a relationship that continued over the next four years. The timeline of the beginning of the relationship would most likely be in 2007 because the couple got married in 2011. Before the wedding, Elin’s ex-husband set up an engagement plan that was executed during a vacation they were both on in Indonesia.

The wedding, however, was a closed affair that had just close friends and family members in attendance. As a matter of fact, the public only became aware that such an event had taken place after Markus Persson alerted everyone to the fact on August 13, 2011.

When Did Elin Zetterstrand Become Markus Persson’s Ex-wife?

Elin Zetterstrand became Markus Persson’s ex-wife on August 15, 2012, just two days over one year from when Markus Persson told the world that they were married. The relatively very brief marriage began on a promising note, and one would think that after four years of dating, a more committed relationship of the marriage nature would cement whatever bond that led to the marriage in the first place.

That was, however, not meant to be, as that proved a step too far down the road for Elin and her ex-husband, Markus. The reason for the divorce was never disclosed and remained a mystery despite the couple’s decision to maintain a cordial relationship for the sake of their only offspring.

Not every detail of the divorce settlement was disclosed to the public. Still, it is public knowledge that Markus Persson was instructed to make monthly payments of £4,000 to Elin Zetterstrand as child support. It is a directive that he has fully cooperated with and continues to do so presently.

Meet Minna Almina Zelda Zetterstrand, Elin Zetterstrand’s Daughter

Elin Zetterstrand’s only child is a young girl named Minna Almina Zelda Zetterstrand. Elina most likely considers her the only good thing about her marriage to Markus Persson. Born in 2012, Elin’s daughter’s name was inspired by 2 Nintendo characters named Almina and Zelda.

Not much is known about a girl who was most likely an infant at the time of her parent’s divorce and who is the prime beneficiary of the £4,000 her father pays to her mother monthly since her parents’ divorce.

Elin Zetterstrand Is A Talented Computer Programmer Herself

Long before she became a celebrity wife, Elin Zetterstrand put her computer programming degree to good use by working as a computer programmer in her ex-husband’s former company, Mojang. She is also popular on the Minecraft gaming platform as EZ.

She also worked as an administrator on that platform. Beyond her early days in the company, not much is known about Elin Zetterstrand’s career. There is also the fact that she withdrew from the spotlight following her divorce from her billionaire ex-husband.

There were reports that she upgraded her academic portfolio to include another degree in Philosophy in Science back in 2020. That additional bit of information makes it a challenge to determine if Elin Zetterstrandn still works as a computer programmer or if her interests now lie more in fields surrounding her second degree.

Notwithstanding the lack of clarity on Elin’s career, the celebrity ex-wife has reportedly garnered a net worth that is estimated to be anywhere from $200k to $1 million. However, this figure doesn’t come anywhere close to her ex-husband’s net worth of an estimated $1.9 billion, which was realized primarily after selling his video game company to Microsoft in 2014 for a reported $2.5 billion.