# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/larry-hryb
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:01:17.060Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/larry-hryb"
name: "Larry Hryb"
slug: "larry-hryb"
description: "Lawrence Hryb, also known as Major Nelson, is an American executive best known as the director of programming for Xbox Live from 2005 until 2023. He later served the director of community of Unity Technologies. He is further known for his Xbox profile by the same name of 'Major Nelson'. His blog \"Xbox Live's Major Nelson\" provided an inside look at operations at Microsoft's Xbox division. Prior to joining Microsoft in 2001, he was a former programmer and on air host with radio broadcaster Clear Channel Communications."
tagline: "American director of programming for Xbox Live"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Larry_Hryb_10.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           66.12
  momentum:             10
  historical:           4.883304
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 16
totalFollowers: 37000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/majornelson"
    handle:    "majornelson"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/majornelson/"
    handle:    "majornelson"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/majornelson"
    handle:    "majornelson"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://majornelson.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIJ8R8ggkNjYXqFzrDBWHfw"
    handle:    "@hryb"
    followers: 37000
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A8"
    title: "لارى حريب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Hryb"
    title: "Larry Hryb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%87%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A8"
    title: "لری هریب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Hryb"
    title: "Larry Hryb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Hryb"
    title: "Larry Hryb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6490535"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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