# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jay-gould
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:19:26.423Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jay-gould"
name: "Jay Gould"
slug: "jay-gould"
description: "Jay Gould was an American railroad magnate and financial speculator who founded the Gould business dynasty. He is generally identified as one of the robber barons of the Gilded Age. His sharp and often unscrupulous business practices made him one of the wealthiest men of the late 19th century. Gould was an unpopular figure during his life and remains controversial."
tagline: "American railroad magnate and financier (1836-1892)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jay_Gould_-_Bain_News_Service.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: "1836-05-27"
deathDate: "1892-12-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.11
  momentum:             0.6579847742189823
  historical:           20.92002533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 250
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "جاي غولد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jay Gould"
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    title: "Jay Gould"
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    title: "Jay Gould"
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    title: "Jay Gould"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jay Gould"
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    title: "Jay Gould"
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    title: "Jay Gould"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jay Gould"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jay Gould"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jay Gould"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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