Adrian Carmack (born May 5, 1969) is one of the four founders of id Software, along with Tom Hall, John Romero, and John Carmack. He had worked there as an artist. He was a major shareholder of id Software until he left the company.

Adrian Carmack left id Software in 2005. At the time, the press was told he felt he had done all he could do in the gaming field and was planning to concentrate on his art. However, in September 2005, the Wall Street Journal revealed that he was taking his former business partners to court, claiming he was effectively fired by them in an attempt to force him to sell his 41% stake in the company for $11 million under the terms of a contract he wants the court to nullify. $11 million is thought to be a fraction of the true value of his stake, which is thought to be closer to $43 million after the company received a $105 million bid from Activision in 2004.

NotesEdit

• During Doom development Adrian built clay models of the baron of hell, the Doomguy, and the cyberdemon before Gregor Punchatz was hired.
• Adrian is not related to John Carmack.

SourcesEdit

• This article incorporates text from the open-content Wikipedia online encyclopedia article Adrian Carmack.

External links Edit

• Photo of Adrian
• Adrian's arch-vile sketch
• Adrian's baron of hell and cyberdemon sketches

Employees Adrian Carmack • John Carmack • Kevin Cloud • Tom Hall • Donna Jackson • American McGee • Sandy Petersen • Robert Prince • John Romero • Shawn Green • Dave Taylor • Jay Wilbur • Tim Willits
Hired Associates John Anderson • Gerald Brom • Dario Casali • Milo Casali • Bernd Kreimeier • Don Ivan Punchatz • Gregor Punchatz • Paul Radek • TeamTNT • Trent Reznor