Bethesda was founded on June 28, 1986.
The founders name is Christopher Weaver.
Its namesake comes from where it was founded in as it was founded in Bethesda, Maryland.
Todd Howard was born in Lower Macungie Township, Pennsylvania in 1969. He developed an interest in computers, particularly video games, at a very young age. , Howard visited the offices of the game's developer, Bethesda Softworks, which he passed by daily on his commute to and from school. Todd Howard was eventually recruited by Bethesda Softworks in 1994, originally as a producer. His first game development credit for Bethesda was as producer and designer of The Terminator: Future Shock (1995), followed by work as a designer on SkyNET and The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, both released in 1996.