# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kirk-kerkorian
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:14:54.163Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kirk-kerkorian"
name: "Kirk Kerkorian"
slug: "kirk-kerkorian"
description: "Kerkor \"Kirk\" Kerkorian was an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He was the president and CEO of Tracinda Corporation, his private holding company based in Beverly Hills, California. Kerkorian was one of the important figures in the shaping of Las Vegas and, with architect Martin Stern Jr., is described as the \"father of the mega-resort\". He built the world's largest hotel in Las Vegas three times: the International Hotel, the original MGM Grand Hotel (1973) and the current MGM Grand (1993). He purchased the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie studio in 1969."
tagline: "American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (1917–2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kirk_Kerkorian_2017_stamp_of_Armenia.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "founders"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1917-06-06"
deathDate: "2015-06-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.0228879507654748
  historical:           23.04274933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 249
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump