Number of Founded Organizations 2
CB Rank (Person) 42,191

John D. Carmack is an American game programmer and the co-founder of id Software. Carmack was the lead programmer of the id computer games Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, their sequels and the Commander Keen series of games.

Though Carmack is best known for his innovations in 3D graphics, he is also a rocketry enthusiast and the founder and lead

engineer of Armadillo Aerospace.

In October 2008, Armadillo Aerospace competed in a NASA contest known as the Lunar Lander Challenge, winning first place in the Level 1 competition along with $350,000. In September 2009 they completed Level 2 and were awarded $500,000.

Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 2
John Carmack is the Founder at Armadillo Aerospace. Additionally, John Carmack has had 2 past jobs including CTO at Oculus.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Oculus
CTOAug 2013Nov 2019
id Software
Co-FounderNov 2013
Number of Events 1
John Carmack has participated in 1 event, Oculus Connect 2018 on Sep 26, 2018.