# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matthew-simmons
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:16:05.144Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matthew-simmons"
name: "Matthew Simmons"
slug: "matthew-simmons"
description: "Matthew Roy Simmons was founder and chairman emeritus of Simmons & Company International, and was a prominent figure in the field of peak oil. Simmons was motivated by the 1973 energy crisis to create an investment banking firm catering to oil companies. He served as an energy adviser to U.S. President George W. Bush and was a member of the National Petroleum Council and the Council on Foreign Relations."
tagline: "American businessman (1943–2010)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0b/Matthew_Simmons.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1943-04-07"
deathDate: "2010-08-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.34
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.358425333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%9C%D1%8D%D1%82%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8E"
    title: "Симмонс, Мэттью"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "ماثيو سيمونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "ماثيو سيمونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Simmons"
    title: "Matthew Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Simmons"
    title: "Matthew Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Simmons"
    title: "Matthew Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Simmons"
    title: "Matthew Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q707666"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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