# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-mackey
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:19:31.498Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-mackey"
name: "John Mackey"
slug: "john-mackey"
description: "John Powell Mackey is an American businessman and author. He is the co-founder of Whole Foods Market and was the chief executive officer of the company from its inception in 1980 until his retirement in 2022. He is currently the CEO of Love.Life, which he also co-founded."
tagline: "American businessman, current CEO of Whole Foods Market"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Mackey%2C_of_Whole_Foods_in_2009.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: "1953-08-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.91286
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Mackey"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%89_(%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84)"
    title: "جون ماكى (رجال اعمال)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mackey_(Gesch%C3%A4ftsmann)"
    title: "John Mackey (Geschäftsmann)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mackey_(businessman)"
    title: "John Mackey (businessman)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%DA%A9%DB%8C"
    title: "جان مکی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B4_%EB%A7%A5%ED%82%A4"
    title: "존 맥키"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%DA%A9%DB%8C_(%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C)"
    title: "جان مکی (کاروباری)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Mackey_(businessman)"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6246250"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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