What does Andrew Gower do now?

Currently, he's working on a new company, Fen Research Ltd, which he founded in 2010.
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How much did the Gower brothers sell Jagex for?

Jagex remained under Hongtou within Fukong's structure until it was sold to Macarthur Fortune Holding, a US-based asset management company, in April 2020 for $530 million.
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Why did Andrew leave Jagex?

So, why did you leave Jagex? I just wanted to continue this idea. We left on friendly terms and I really wanted to pursue it and focus my energy and see if I could make it work or not.
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How is Jagex doing financially?

Press Release. Cambridge, UK – Thursday, January 6th 2022, 1pm GMT – Jagex, the leader in developing and publishing deep, community-driven games, has revealed its sixth successive year of growth with revenue increasing to £120million in 2020.
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How much is RuneScape net worth?

RuneScape dev Jagex sold by parent company for $530 million.
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How much money is Jagex worth?

Investment firm The Carlyle Group has acquired RuneScape publisher Jagex for at least $530 million. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Daily Telegraph reported the deal was worth at least $530 million, which was the price paid in the previous transaction in 2020.
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How much does RuneScape make a month?

According to analyst firm SuperData, Runescape pulls in roughly $10 million every single month throughout 2019, culminating in about $100 million in earnings.
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How much money does old school RuneScape make?

RuneScape maker Jagex has reported all-time high revenue for 2019 with membership for its MMO hitting a new all-time peak. For 2019, the company brought in $137.6m (£110.9m) in revenue, an increase of 19.4 per cent year-on-year.
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Does the Gower brothers still own RuneScape?

In November of 2011, he was removed from the RuneScape credits and no longer had any holdings in Jagex. This caused some controversy among some users, with players believing that he should be credited for creating the original game.
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Was Andrew Gower in Murdoch Mysteries?

Andrew Gower (born 1989) is a British actor who played Sherlock Holmes in 2 episodes (A Study in Sherlock and Return of Sherlock Holmes) of the TV series Murdoch Mysteries with Yannick Bisson as Detective Murdoch.
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Is Jagex a good company?

Is Jagex a good company to work for? Jagex has an overall rating of 3.2 out of 5, based on over 240 reviews left anonymously by employees. 47% of employees would recommend working at Jagex to a friend and 55% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -16% over the last 12 months.
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Can you make real money off of RuneScape?

What you need to do is to find a trusted RuneScape gold buyer and give him RuneScape cash ingame. He will sent you real life money to your bank account, paypal or any your personal bank account. There are two types of real-world traders: personal sellers and companies.
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How does old school RuneScape make money?

Skilling. Another way to start making some gold pieces is by levelling up a skill such as Woodcutting, Fishing, or Mining. These three skills (Woodcutting, Fishing, and Mining) are known as the 'Big Three', and they have been the three primary money-making skills commonly used by players to make money in RuneScape.
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Do Jagex Mods get paid?

In fact, Jagex encourages their Player Moderators to only report if it's absolutely necessary. Player Moderators are given money to train skills and buy items instead of working to make their money.
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How many staff does Jagex have?

Jagex employs more than 440 people at its Cambridge headquarters and is on the hunt for talented people to work across the business to help the company to achieve yet another year of record growth and player satisfaction.
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Who works for Jagex?

A Jagex Moderator, also known as a Jagex Mod or a "JMod", is a person who works for Jagex. Since Jagex was founded in 2001, it has grown from 4 employees to over 300 as of 2018. Most of their staff work on assisting players, developing content, and testing game features before they are released.
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How rich is the creator of RuneScape?

Andrew Gower Net Worth: Andrew Gower is a British video-game developer who has a net worth of $680 million. Andrew Gower earned his net worth through his talent as a British video game developer and as co-writer of RuneScape.
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How much did Andrew sell Jagex for?

United Kingdom-based Jagex, the developers behind 2001 massively multiplayer online game RuneScape, was acquired Monday for $530 million by asset management company Macarthur Fortune Holding.
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Is RuneScape being sold?

The studio, best known for RuneScape, will sold last year to US holding company Macarthur Fortune Holding after years of being owned by a Chinese mining company. But The Telegraph now reports the Carlyle Group has taken a majority stake in the Cambridge-based studio.
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