# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joop-van-oosterom
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:49:56.393Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joop-van-oosterom"
name: "Joop van Oosterom"
slug: "joop-van-oosterom"
description: "Joop van Oosterom was a Dutch billionaire, chess and billiards sponsor, and twice correspondence chess world champion. His fortune, made with the Volmac Software Group, was estimated by Dutch financial magazine Quote at €1.1 billion at the time of his death."
tagline: "Dutch chess player (1937-2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JoopvanOosterom.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1937-12-12"
deathDate: "2016-10-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.63
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.94823733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%BE%D0%BF_%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9E%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC"
    title: "Йооп ван Оостером"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D9%BE_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85"
    title: "چوپ ڤان اوستيروم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joop_van_Oosterom"
    title: "Joop van Oosterom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joop_van_Oosterom"
    title: "Joop van Oosterom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joop_van_Oosterom"
    title: "Joop van Oosterom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joop_van_Oosterom"
    title: "Joop van Oosterom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joop_van_Oosterom"
    title: "Joop van Oosterom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jops_van_Osteroms"
    title: "Jops van Osteroms"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joop_van_Oosterom"
    title: "Joop van Oosterom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joop_van_Oosterom"
    title: "Joop van Oosterom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joop_van_Oosterom"
    title: "Joop van Oosterom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joop_van_Oosterom"
    title: "Joop van Oosterom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9E%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%2C_%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%BF"
    title: "Ван Остером, Йоп"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q968762"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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