# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gabe-newell
# Generated: 2026-08-31T20:27:16.513Z

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name: "Gabe Newell"
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description: "Gabe Logan Newell, also known by his nickname GabeN, is an American video game developer and businessman. He is the co-founder, president and majority owner of the video game company Valve Corporation."
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-category-fill