# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-makinson
# Generated: 2026-09-01T19:07:18.267Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-makinson"
name: "John Makinson"
slug: "john-makinson"
description: "John Makinson is the Chairman of Kano, a London-based computing company which makes DIY computer and coding kits. He formerly served as chairman of the international publishing company Penguin Random House. He was chairman of The National Theatre from 2010 to 2016. He is a Board member of Harvard University Press and a Director of Mercy Corps, an international humanitarian organisation. In October 2024 he was appointed Chair of the Board of Bradford Literature Festival."
tagline: "British businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Makinson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1954-10-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.55
  momentum:             1
  historical:           1.609509333333333
  currentAttention:     5.555555555555555
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  64
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Makinson"
    title: "John Makinson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6246476"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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