# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-anderson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:20:22.567Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-anderson"
name: "Chris Anderson"
slug: "chris-anderson"
description: "Chris Anderson is an English-American author and entrepreneur. He was with The Economist for seven years before joining Wired magazine in 2001, where he was the editor-in-chief until 2012. He is known for his 2004 article entitled \"The Long Tail\", which he later expanded into the 2006 book, The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More. He is the cofounder and current CEO of 3D Robotics, a drone manufacturing company."
tagline: "American author and entrepreneur"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chris_Anderson_(16209935970).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1957-07-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.810344827586207
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 99
platforms:
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    handle:    "chr1sa"
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2518061/"
    handle:    "nm2518061"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://about.me/andersonchris"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump