# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gael-duval
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:11:00.046Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gael-duval"
name: "Gaël Duval"
slug: "gael-duval"
description: "Gaël Duval is a French entrepreneur. In July 1998, he created Mandrake Linux, a Linux distribution originally based on Red Hat Linux and KDE. He was also a co-founder of MandrakeSoft with Jacques Le Marois and Frédéric Bastok."
tagline: "French businessman and computer programmer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gael_Duval_(officiel).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1973"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.26
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.320738666666665
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/gael_duval"
    handle:    "gael_duval"
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8E%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Дюваль, Гаэль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "غايل دوفال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%C3%ABl_Duval"
    title: "Gaël Duval"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%C3%ABl_Duval"
    title: "Gaël Duval"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%C3%ABl_Duval"
    title: "Gaël Duval"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%C3%ABl_Duval"
    title: "Gaël Duval"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%C3%ABl_Duval"
    title: "Gaël Duval"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gael_Duval"
    title: "Gael Duval"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%C3%ABl_Duval"
    title: "Gaël Duval"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1356214"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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