Markus Persson plunked down $70 million cash for a 23,000 square foot palace in Bev Hills

A 35-year-old Swedish video game programmer just got the prized house that Jay Z and Beyonce also wanted.

Our real estate sources tell us … Markus Persson plunked down $70 million cash for a 23,000 square foot palace in Bev Hills.

Markus can afford it … he sold his company, Mojang — which created the video game Minecraft — to Microsoft for $2.5 BILLION.

As we reported, Beyonce and Jay Z visited the house multiple times and made an offer but Markus beat them out at 70.

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