# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-c-martin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:27:56.444Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-c-martin"
name: "John C. Martin"
slug: "john-c-martin"
description: "John Charles Martin was an American billionaire businessman, and the former executive chairman (2016–2018) and CEO (1996–2016) of the American biotechnology company Gilead Sciences. He joined Gilead Sciences in 1990 as vice president for research and development. Gilead is known for developing drugs such as Atripla and commercializing Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) for the treatment of the liver virus hepatitis C. Martin is the recipient of a number of awards, including the Biotechnology Heritage Award (2017)."
tagline: "American chemist and businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_C._Martin_2017_Biotechnology_Heritage_Award_DSC8562.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Executives"
  slug: "executives"
profileType:
  name: "Executive"
  slug: "executive"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1951-05-07"
deathDate: "2021-03-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.78
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.811772
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 184
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3._%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "جون س. مارتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Martin_(Manager)"
    title: "John C. Martin (Manager)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Martin_(businessman)"
    title: "John C. Martin (businessman)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%DB%8C._%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "جان سی. مارتین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Martin_(mfanyabiashara)"
    title: "John C. Martin (mfanyabiashara)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6224538"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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