Jez San
- January 9, 2024
- Game Programmer
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Jez San |
| Occupation | Game Programmer |
| Date Of Birth | Mar 29, 1966(1966-03-29) |
| Age | 58 |
| Birthplace | England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Horoscope | Aries |
Jez San Biography
| Name | Jez San |
| Birthday | Mar 29 |
| Birth Year | 1966 |
| Place Of Birth | England |
| Birth Country | United Kingdom |
| Birth Sign | Aries |
| Spouse | Michael van Turnhout |
Jez San is one of the most popular and richest Game Programmer who was born on March 29, 1966 in England, United Kingdom.
San received his first computer, a TRS-80, at the age of twelve in 1978 from his father, who had a career in exporting the belongings of immigrants at the time. San first became interested in video game development at a young age after playing a Multi-user dungeon (MUD) in the 1970s. Within a year he taught himself assembly language for several microprocessors.
In the late 1980s, Argonaut signed a deal with Nintendo. San attracted Nintendo’s attention because Argonaut was the first developer to successfully design 3D modelling on the NES and the Game Boy. X was published by Nintendo as the first 3D Game Boy game. San helped develop the first 3D graphics accelerator known as the Super FX chip that made Star Fox (released as Starwing in Europe) possible on the Super NES.
Jez San Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Game Programmer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Jez San is one of the richest Game Programmer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jez San 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Jeremy Elliott “Jez” San OBE (born 29 March 1966) is an English game programmer and entrepreneur who founded Argonaut Software as a teenager in the 1980s. He is best known for the 1986 Atari ST game Starglider and helping to design the Super FX chip used in Star Fox for the Super NES.
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Who is Jez San Dating?
According to our records, Jez San married to Michael van Turnhout. As of December 1, 2023, Jez San’s is not dating anyone.
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After taking a hiatus from the video game industry in 2004, San founded Crunchy Frog Ltd, which in 2005 became online poker company PKR. San served as President, having hired his replacement with CEO Malcolm Graham, formerly of the Ritz Casino and AntFactory. PKR was a 3D online poker site that operated in legal territories in Europe, Asia, and Canada but did not operate in the US, where online gambling was a grey area. In May 2017, PKR went into administration. San was only an investor at the time of its collapse and expressed sorrow at seeing his creation fold.
Facts & Trivia
Jireel Ranked on the list of most popular Game Programmer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Jez San celebrates birthday on March 29 of every year.
After announcing a substantial loss in August 2004, Argonaut Group PLC suspended trading of its shares in October and appointed administrators for Argonaut Software Ltd, Morpheme Ltd and Just Add Monsters Ltd—the wholly owned subsidiaries of the PLC. The administrators sold Morpheme and Just Add Monsters back to Jez San and the other founders as ongoing businesses, while Argonaut Software Ltd was eventually liquidated.