# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laura-ricketts
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:04:09.846Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/laura-ricketts"
name: "Laura Ricketts"
slug: "laura-ricketts"
description: "Laura Marie Ricketts is an American political activist and former attorney who is co-owner of the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago Stars Football Club. Ricketts is also a board member of Lambda Legal and the Housing Opportunities for Women organization. Ricketts's ownership stake in the Cubs makes her the first openly gay owner of a major-league sports franchise."
tagline: "Board Member-Chicago Cubs, LGBT Legal Advocate"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cubs_World_Series_Victory_Parade_(30142887113)_(Laura_Ricketts).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1967-12-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.98
  momentum:             1.273512180080173
  historical:           2.531616
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  66
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "لورا ريكيتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Ricketts"
    title: "Laura Ricketts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6499357"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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