# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rich-ross
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:57:11.928Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rich-ross"
name: "Rich Ross"
slug: "rich-ross"
description: "Rich Ross is the former Group President of Discovery Channel and Science Channel. Earlier in his tenure at Discovery he also oversaw Animal Planet and Velocity. Previously he was the Chief Executive Officer of Shine America, responsible for commercial strategy of the Shine Group in the United States. He was also the president of entertainment at Disney Channel, and chairman of Walt Disney Studios. When Ross was named Chairman of Walt Disney Studios in 2009, he became the first openly gay studio chief."
tagline: "Businessperson"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "2000"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.84
  momentum:             0.4633781763826608
  historical:           5.691866666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://discovery.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Ross"
    title: "Rich Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "ريتش روس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "ريتش روس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Ross"
    title: "Rich Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Ross"
    title: "Rich Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "ریچ راس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179832"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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