# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andy-bechtolsheim
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:57:14.111Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andy-bechtolsheim"
name: "Andy Bechtolsheim"
slug: "andy-bechtolsheim"
description: "Andreas Maria Maximilian Freiherr von Mauchenheim genannt Bechtolsheim is a German electrical engineer, entrepreneur and investor. He co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 and was its chief hardware designer. As of 2025, he's 68th wealthiest according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index and Forbes with an estimated net worth of US$28.9 billion."
tagline: "German electrical engineer (born 1955)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andreas_bechtolsheim.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1955-09-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.046072838964458
  historical:           15.51979866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump