# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jose-ignacio-lopez-de-arriortua
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:55:43.349Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jose-ignacio-lopez-de-arriortua"
name: "José Ignacio López de Arriortúa"
slug: "jose-ignacio-lopez-de-arriortua"
description: "José Ignacio López de Arriortúa was a Spanish businessman who held senior positions at Opel, General Motors and Volkswagen. He was known for his assertive style dealing with suppliers, managing lean production and driving down cost. During the 1990s he was caught in the \"López affair\" when his former employer GM accused VW of corporate espionage, alleging that López took GM trade secrets to VW."
tagline: "Spanish engineer and automotive executive"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jos%C3%A9_Ignacio_L%C3%B3pez_de_Arriort%C3%BAa_2018_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1941-01-18"
deathDate: "2026-06-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.52
  momentum:             25
  historical:           5.113792
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ignacio_L%C3%B3pez_de_Arriort%C3%BAa"
    title: "José Ignacio López de Arriortúa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ignacio_L%C3%B3pez_de_Arriort%C3%BAa"
    title: "José Ignacio López de Arriortúa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ignacio_L%C3%B3pez_de_Arriort%C3%BAa"
    title: "José Ignacio López de Arriortúa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ignacio_L%C3%B3pez_de_Arriort%C3%BAa"
    title: "José Ignacio López de Arriortúa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ignacio_Lopez_de_Arriortua"
    title: "José Ignacio Lopez de Arriortua"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326427"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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