# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerard-swope
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:14:58.759Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerard-swope"
name: "Gerard Swope"
slug: "gerard-swope"
description: "Gerard Swope was an American electronics businessman. He served as the president of General Electric between 1922 and 1940, and again from 1942 until 1945. During this time, Swope expanded GE's product offerings, reorienting GE towards consumer home appliances, and offering consumer credit services."
tagline: "American businessman (1872–1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gerard_Swope.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1872-12-01"
deathDate: "1957-11-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.72
  momentum:             3.214285714285713
  historical:           7.015768
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "جيرارد سوپ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerard_Svoup"
    title: "Cerard Svoup"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Swope"
    title: "Gerard Swope"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Swope"
    title: "Gerard Swope"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Swope"
    title: "Gerard Swope"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Swope"
    title: "Gerard Swope"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%B0%E5%8B%92%E5%BE%B7%C2%B7%E6%96%AF%E6%B2%83%E6%99%AE"
    title: "杰勒德·斯沃普"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3760918"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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