Alexey Pajitnov
The Soviet-born engineer who created Tetris and co-founded The Tetris Company.
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Alexey Pajitnov (born April 16, 1955) is a Russian and American computer engineer and game designer, best known for creating Tetris in 1985 while working at the Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. After the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991 he moved to the United States and became a U.S. citizen, and in 1996 he founded The Tetris Company with the Dutch game designer Henk Rogers.
Quick Facts
- Born
- 16 April 1955
- Birthplace
- Moscow, Soviet Union
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union (until 1991)
- Russia
- United States
- Education
- Moscow State University
- Employer
- Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre
- The Tetris Company
- Microsoft
- Occupation
- Computer engineer, video game designer
- Known for
- Creating Tetris
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