# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matt-ridley
# Generated: 2026-09-01T01:18:16.148Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/matt-ridley"
name: "Matt Ridley"
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description: "Matthew White Ridley, 5th Viscount Ridley, commonly known as Matt Ridley, is a British science writer, journalist and businessman. He writes on science, the environment and economics, and has been a regular contributor to The Times newspaper. Ridley was chairman of the UK bank Northern Rock from 2004 to 2007, during which period it experienced the first run on a British bank in 130 years. He resigned, and the bank was bailed out by the UK government; this led to its nationalisation."
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birthDate: "1958-02-07"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump