# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-cline
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:12:47.741Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-cline"
name: "Chris Cline"
slug: "chris-cline"
description: "Chris Cline was an American coal baron and philanthropist. He had been the majority owner of Foresight Reserves LP, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Regarded by Bloomberg as the \"New King Coal\", Cline was considered to have been responsible for reviving the Illinois coal industry. His company has over three billion tons of coal reserves across Illinois and northern Appalachian Mountains."
tagline: "American coal mining entrepreneur and philanthropist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1958-07-05"
deathDate: "2019-07-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.58
  momentum:             2.618079449483891
  historical:           7.145224
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cline"
    title: "Chris Cline"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86_(%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A3%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84)"
    title: "كريس كلاين (شخصية أعمال)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cline"
    title: "Chris Cline"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cline"
    title: "Chris Cline"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cline"
    title: "Chris Cline"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cline"
    title: "Chris Cline"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cline"
    title: "Chris Cline"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cline"
    title: "Chris Cline"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5106199"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump