Editing Tim Sweeney (section)

{{Short description|American video game developer (born 1970)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Tim Sweeney
| image              = John Carmack and Tim Sweeney, GDCA 2017 (portrait crop).jpg
| caption            = Sweeney at the [[Game Developers Choice Awards]] 2017
| birth_name         = Timothy Dean Sweeney<ref name="justia">{{Cite web |url=https://patents.justia.com/inventor/timothy-dean-sweeney |title=Timothy Dean Sweeney Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications |website=Justia Patents |access-date=February 9, 2020}}</ref>
| birth_date         = {{birth year and age|1970|}}<ref name="gamasutra">{{cite web|url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/from-the-past-to-the-future-tim-sweeney-talks|title=Features - From The Past To The Future: Tim Sweeney Talks|publisher=[[Gamasutra]]|date=May 25, 2009|access-date=August 9, 2017|first=Benj|last=Edwards|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809214002/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4035/from_the_past_to_the_future_tim_.php|archive-date=August 9, 2017|url-status=<!--live-->dead}}</ref>
| alma_mater         = [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Tim Sweeney|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/tim-sweeney/|access-date=May 3, 2022|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref> 
| occupation         = [[Video game programmer]] and [[Video game developer|developer]], [[Businessperson|businessman]]
| title              = Founder and CEO of Epic Games
| notable_works        = ''[[ZZT]]'' <br /> [[Unreal Engine]]
| awards             = [[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences#Hall of Fame|AIAS]] Hall of Fame Award (2012)<ref name="aias">{{Cite web |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-12-08-epic-games-founder-tim-sweeney-enters-aias-hall-of-fame |title=Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney enters AIAS Hall of Fame |last=Purchese |first=Robert |date=August 12, 2011 |website=[[Eurogamer]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204214824/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-12-08-epic-games-founder-tim-sweeney-enters-aias-hall-of-fame |archive-date=December 4, 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=December 4, 2018}}</ref><br />[[Game Developers Choice Awards|GDC]] Lifetime Achievement Award (2017)<ref name="gdc">{{Cite web |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/tim-sweeney-earns-the-game-developers-choice-lifetime-achievement-award/ |title=Tim Sweeney earns the Game Developers Choice Lifetime Achievement Award |last=Chalk |first=Andy |date=January 20, 2017 |website=[[PC Gamer]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204215830/https://www.pcgamer.com/tim-sweeney-earns-the-game-developers-choice-lifetime-achievement-award/ |archive-date=December 4, 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=December 4, 2018}}</ref>
| net_worth          = 
}}

'''Timothy Dean Sweeney''' (born 1970) is an American [[video game programmer]] and businessman. He is the founder and [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of [[Epic Games]], and the creator of [[Unreal Engine]], a game development platform.