# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-textor
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:09:15.084Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-textor"
name: "John Textor"
slug: "john-textor"
description: "John Charles Textor is an American businessman and the founder of Eagle Football Holdings. Through Eagle Football, he is the majority owner of Botafogo (Brazil), Olympique Lyonnais (France), and RWDM Brussels (Belgium). Under his ownership, Botafogo won the 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and the 2024 Copa Libertadores, while RWDM earned promotion to the Belgian Pro League in 2023. He previously held a minority stake in Crystal Palace, which he sold in July 2025 for a reported £190 million."
tagline: "American businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Textor_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1965-09-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.43
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.401878666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/JohnTextor"
    handle:    "JohnTextor"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/john_textor/"
    handle:    "john_textor"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-textor-5186839/"
    handle:    "john-textor-5186839"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2302483/"
    handle:    "nm2302483"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.johntextor.org/"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Textor"
    title: "John Textor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "جون تيكستور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Textor"
    title: "John Textor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Textor"
    title: "John Textor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Textor"
    title: "John Textor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%98%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A8"
    title: "ג'ון טקסטור"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Textor"
    title: "John Textor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108094403"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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