Dong Nguyen bio: net worth, age, height, weight, girlfriend, dating, wiki.
Dong Nguyen is a game developer and programmer from Vietnam. He rose to prominence after deleting his game Flappy Bird in 2014, which had received widespread notice. Other Flappy Bird variations, remakes, and parodies were released the same year, although they were not programmed by Nguyen himself. Nguyen went on to develop further games and is the creator of dotGEARS game studios.
Dong Nguyen: Profile summary
| Real Name/Birth Name | Dong Nguyen |
| By Name | Dong Nguyen |
| Male/Female | Male |
| Main Profession | Programmer, developer |
| Citizenship | Vietnamese |
| Born In | Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Date of Birth | 1985 |
| Age as in 2022 | 37 years old |
| Heights | 1.62 m |
| Heights in Feet | 5 feet and 3 inches |
| Heights in cm | 162 cm |
| Weight | 59 kg |
| Weight(s) in pound | 130 pounds |
| Marital Status | Single |
| Children | No |
| Net Worth | $4 million |
Dong Nguyen: Early Life & Biography
Dong Nguyen was born in Hanoi, a small town in Vietnam. He was brought up in Van Phúc. When Dong was 16, he started coding by himself as he was playing the then video game Super Mario Bros. His passion for developing games started at a young age. Dong studied computer science at Vietnam National University. When Dong was 19, along with learning programming at the local university, he also earned an internship for himself at Punch Entertainment, which is one of the restricted video game organizations in Vietnam.
In his later career, when he was using the iPhone, he started playing Angry Birds and realized it was not so easy. So he wanted to make a secure app, that everyone can play. This led him to develop Flappy Bird. And the App was a big opportunity for him.
Dong Nguyen: Personal Life
Dong, from an early age, was very passionate about games and computers. He grew up as an elementary boy and lived with his parents in Hanoi. He had his full-time job as a developer and programmer.
One day he decided to make some simple app but came out to be the famous Flappy Bird, which earned him a colossal amount, and he became rich. His per day income was around $50K. He also makes several apps and games using his talent.
Dong Nguyen: Age, Height, and Weight
Being born in 1985, Dong Nguyen is 35 years old as of today’s date 24th January 2021. His height is 1.62 m tall, and his weight is 59 kg.
Dong Nguyen: Career
Dong started his career as a program developer and started developing some applications. He was just a normal boy going with his job. One day he decided to create a simple game that everyone can play, and we all enjoy, more like an old school. But what the result came out was surprising. Dong instead developed a game called “Flappy Bird,” which gained immense popularity.
In the game, the bird character is like you need to save him from getting hit by the green pipes by scrolling just up and down. It depends the faster you tap, the higher the bird goes. When the game was developed, it was simple and easy in comparison to its last version. Dong developed the game with the help of his game development organization named dotGEARS.
When Dong developed the game, he hoped to get a few bucks and so he launched it for free on the iOS App Store. Earlier the game didn’t get a good response, and Flappy bird was lost along with millions of other Apps. But to his surprise, after near about eight months, the game Flappy Bird became viral and exploded big time. A massive number of people started developing it, and it kept on increasing day by day. It started downloading in many countries to such an extent that the young programmer started getting $50,000 per day. And Dong became rich.
Suddenly, Dong, with his Tweet, said that he would take down the game. As Dong tweeted, nobody could believe it, and then the game got downloaded by more than 10 million users. According, to Dong, he wanted to make something which was very simple and easy to play with to relax. Instead, the game has become an addiction to millions of users. Also, when the game became widespread, many tried to accuse Dong of stealing ideas from Nintendo. Dong saw many hate comments and posts, and due to this reason may be the game was taken down.
Dong never gave any apparent reason for his action, but maybe he had seen something terrible, else it’s not easy to give up an income of $50,000 per day.
Dong Nguyen: Net worth
Dong Nguyen is believed to have an estimated net worth is about $4 million.
