Scott Cawthon Net Worth 2023- Biography, Career, Personal Life

By Sana January 10, 2023 ENTREPRENEUR 0 Comments

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Scott Cawthon has created some of the most popular horror games in recent years. So, it’s worth taking the time to reflect on his career and how he got where he is today. At this point, any fan of the Five Nights at Freddy’s franchise should be familiar with the story of Scott Cawthon.

But even those who haven’t played one of his games may want to learn more about him to get insight into how he became such an influential figure in modern horror entertainment. Here’s an article about his life and career so far.

Early Life

Ѕсоtt Саwthоn was born in 1978, on 24th June in the United States of America. He is a graduate of Texas A&M University with a degree in computer science. He spent some time working at Disney and local television stations, before eventually moving to Los Angeles to become an animator. In 2012, he launched a Kickstarter campaign for an independent video game called The Pilgrim’s Progress.

Though it wasn’t particularly successful, he did eventually release an early version for free online in 2014. That same year, he created Five Nights at Freddy’s. After that first installment was released, fans begged him to continue working on it and he finally relented around Halloween of 2014.

Full Name	Scott Braden Cawthon
Birth Date	June 24, 1978
Birth Place	Houston, Texas, U. S.
Age	44
Gender	Male
Nаtіоnаlіtу	Аmеrісаn
Relationship Status	Married
Profession	video game developer, writer
Сhіldrеn	Six Children
Неіght	1.75 m
Weight	70 kg
Nеt Wоrth іn 2023	$70 mіllіоn

Age, Height, and Weight

Scott Cawthon was Born in June of 1978, Cawthon grew up on a dairy farm in Concord, North Carolina. Scott Cawthon is 44 years in 2023. His height is 1.75 m tall, and his weight is 70 kg.

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Career

Scott Cawthon started his career as a pizza cook at Chuck E. Cheese’s, but his career then turned towards video game development and animating characters from video games.

Scott first came up with the game known as Doofus during a live stream in the 1990s. At the time, he was actually a child. In his early career, Scott worked as a video game developer. The bulk of his work as a video game developer came in the early 2000s.

In 2014, Scott developed Five Nights at Freddy’s, which became immensely popular in a very short amount of time with over 50 million copies sold and a fan base that consists of over 350 million players worldwide. However, due to threats, he received from others who impersonated his game as their own creation and tried to take credit for it on YouTube, he completely disappeared from public life by 2016.

After his first successful production, he created its three sequels, as well as its spin-off named Ultimate Custom Night. He owns two small companies: Scottgames Inc., which is engaged in the creation of games; and FNaF World Inc., which handles finances and other business aspects for his projects.

Personal Life

Scott Cawthon is happily married and living life with his wife and five sons. We just hope he will provide more information about his family in the future.

He trended on Twitter in June of 2021, when a screenshot of his FEC filing, which was donated to the Republican Party and Donald Trump, was published on the internet. That being said, he soon began receiving hateful tweets from various people about the decision to donate to the Trump campaign. As far as his family life, it had taken a noticeable toll.

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Awards & Achievements

In addition to creating and developing the Five Nights at Freddy’s franchise, Scott Cawthon has received a number of awards and achievements over his career. Scott Cawthon was 2015 nominated for an iHorror Award.

Most recently, he received an award for being one of Forbes’s 30 Under 30 and was also featured on Bloomberg News. He also received recognition from Gamasutra in 2016 for being one of The 30 Indie Game Developers to Watch.