# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/demos-shakarian
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:37:55.388Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/demos-shakarian"
name: "Demos Shakarian"
slug: "demos-shakarian"
description: "Demos Shakarian was an American businessman of Armenian origin from Los Angeles who founded the Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International (FGBMFI). His story and the story of FGBMFI is the subject of the book The Happiest People on Earth, written by John and Elizabeth Sherrill and published in 1975."
tagline: "American businessman (1913–1993)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Demos_Shakarian9.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1913-07-21"
deathDate: "1993-07-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.10263066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump