Adam Powell was one of the original creators of Neopets. He created the site in 1997 (launched it in 1999) alongside Donna Williams but quit The Neopets Team back in 2007. His username is borovan. The numerous asparagus related items around the site, as well as the price of asparagus itself, are because of Adam's like of the vegetable. As of April 2012, Borovan had 4 pets -- 3 of which were asparagus Chias and the fourth a red Bori. Adam Powell was born December 20, 1976 in Wales. Aside form Neopets, he also co-founded Meteor Games, which is the company that created Treasure Keepers before laying off most of its staff.