# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leonard-goldenson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:32:40.727Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leonard-goldenson"
name: "Leonard Goldenson"
slug: "leonard-goldenson"
description: "Leonard H. Goldenson was the founder and president of the United States–based television network American Broadcasting Company (ABC), from 1953 to 1986. Goldenson, as CEO of United Paramount Theatres, acquired a then-struggling ABC from candy industrialist Edward J. Noble. Goldenson focused on investing heavily on sports and news coverage along with creating synergy between Hollywood studios and television networks. Goldenson turned ABC into a media conglomerate, owning television and radio stations along with newspapers and book publishers."
tagline: "American businessman (1905-1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leonard_Goldenson%2C_ABC%2C_NYC.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"
birthDate: "1905-12-07"
deathDate: "1999-12-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.62
  momentum:             13.82022471910112
  historical:           6.150001333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0325554/"
    handle:    "nm0325554"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Goldenson"
    title: "Leonard Goldenson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ليونارد جولدينسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Goldenson"
    title: "Leonard Goldenson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_H._Goldenson"
    title: "Leonard H. Goldenson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Goldenson"
    title: "Leonard Goldenson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Goldenson"
    title: "Leonard Goldenson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3229671"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2878560"
    title: "Leonard H. Goldenson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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