# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-karpeles
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:27:09.652Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-karpeles"
name: "Mark Karpelès"
slug: "mark-karpeles"
description: "Mark Robert Karpelès is a French businessman and the former CEO of bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox. While Mt. Gox became the world's largest bitcoin exchange at its peak under his management, the company would file for bankruptcy in 2014, and Karpelès was subsequently arrested and convicted of data manipulation related to his role there."
tagline: "Former CEO of Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Developers"
  slug: "developers"
profileType:
  name: "Developer"
  slug: "developer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5482740"
birthDate: "1985-06-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.14
  momentum:             0.7387247278382583
  historical:           7.499432000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 198
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/MagicalTux"
    handle:    "MagicalTux"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5684244/"
    handle:    "nm5684244"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A6%AC%E5%85%8B%C2%B7%E5%8D%A1%E4%BD%A9%E5%8B%92%E6%96%AF"
    title: "馬克·卡佩勒斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "مارك كاربليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Karpel%C3%A8s"
    title: "Mark Karpelès"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Karpel%C3%A8s"
    title: "Mark Karpelès"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Karpel%C3%A8s"
    title: "Mark Karpelès"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Karpel%C3%A8s"
    title: "Mark Karpelès"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%97%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9"
    title: "マルク・カルプレス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Karpel%C3%A8s"
    title: "Mark Karpelès"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15890426"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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