# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hansjorg-wyss
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:43:41.057Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hansjorg-wyss"
name: "Hansjörg Wyss"
slug: "hansjorg-wyss"
description: "Johann Georg \"Hansjörg\" Wyss is a Swiss billionaire businessman and donor to politically liberal and environmental causes in the United States. He is the founder and former president and chairman of Synthes, a medical device manufacturer. His Wyss Foundation has nearly $2 billion in assets."
tagline: "Swiss businessman and Democratic megadonor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hansjorg_Wyss_profile_image.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1935-09-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.64
  momentum:             15
  historical:           9.658444
  currentAttention:     2.24
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  238
  category: 91
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%81%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%AF_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "ہنس جورگ ویس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "هانزورج ويس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "هانسچورج ويس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansj%C3%B6rg_Wyss"
    title: "Hansjörg Wyss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansj%C3%B6rg_Wyss"
    title: "Hansjörg Wyss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansj%C3%B6rg_Wyss"
    title: "Hansjörg Wyss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansj%C3%B6rg_Wyss"
    title: "Hansjörg Wyss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansj%C3%B6rg_Wyss"
    title: "Hansjörg Wyss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%AF_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "هانسیورگ ویس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansj%C3%B6rg_Wyss"
    title: "Hansjörg Wyss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansj%C3%B6rg_Wyss"
    title: "Hansjörg Wyss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1000803"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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