# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-r-opel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:07:06.679Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-r-opel"
name: "John R. Opel"
slug: "john-r-opel"
description: "John Roberts Opel was an American computer businessman. He served eleven years as the president of IBM between 1974 and 1985. He was the chief executive officer (CEO) of IBM from 1981 to 1985, and the chairman of the board of directors from 1983 to 1986."
tagline: "American computer businessman (1925-2011)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1925-01-05"
deathDate: "2011-11-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.12
  momentum:             2.926829268292683
  historical:           6.548165333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Opel"
    title: "John R. Opel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Opel"
    title: "John R. Opel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Opel"
    title: "John R. Opel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Opel"
    title: "John Opel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Opel"
    title: "John R. Opel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BBR%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%9A%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ジョン・R・オペル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Опель, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1701260"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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