# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jon-fredrik-baksaas
# Generated: 2026-09-01T00:28:08.163Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jon-fredrik-baksaas"
name: "Jon Fredrik Baksaas"
slug: "jon-fredrik-baksaas"
description: "Jon Fredrik Baksaas was the Chairman of the GSMA until 2016, and CEO of Telenor until August 2015. He now serves as a special adviser to the telecommunications company's Group Executive Management team."
tagline: "CEO of Telenor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jon_Fredrik_Baksaas_-_India_Economic_Summit_2010.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1954-11-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.67
  momentum:             4.403409090909089
  historical:           4.403564
  currentAttention:     22.72727272727272
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12339580/"
    handle:    "nm12339580"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Fredrik_Baksaas"
    title: "Jon Fredrik Baksaas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%A8%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "جان فردریک باکساس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Fredrik_Baksaas"
    title: "Jon Fredrik Baksaas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Fredrik_Baksaas"
    title: "Jon Fredrik Baksaas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Јон Фредрик Баксас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1778858"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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