# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ric-weiland
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:32:54.395Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ric-weiland"
name: "Ric Weiland"
slug: "ric-weiland"
description: "Richard William \"Ric\" Weiland was a software developer, programmer, and philanthropist. He was the second employee at Microsoft Corporation, joining the company during his final year at Stanford University in Stanford, California. At 35, he left Microsoft focusing on working in investment management and philanthropy. He was a quiet but well-respected donor to the LGBTQ social justice movement, the environment, health and human services, and education. After his death, the Chronicle of Philanthropy said Weiland had given the 11th largest charitable amount in the nation with more than $165 million distributed between 20 nonprofit beneficiaries."
tagline: "American computer programmer (1953-2006)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/Ric_Weiland_portrait_1970s.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1953-04-21"
deathDate: "2006-06-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.04
  momentum:             0.2295918367346939
  historical:           7.455332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ric Weiland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Weiland"
    title: "Ric Weiland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Weiland"
    title: "Ric Weiland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "ريتشارد وايلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Weiland"
    title: "Ric Weiland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Weiland"
    title: "Ric Weiland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Weiland"
    title: "Ric Weiland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89"
    title: "リック・ウェイランド"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q92883"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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