# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-h-reid
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:21:00.916Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-h-reid"
name: "Robert H. Reid"
slug: "robert-h-reid"
description: "Robert H. Reid is an American author and entrepreneur. He is the author of two novels, the science fiction Year Zero: A Novel, and the cyberthriller After On: A Novel of Silicon Valley, as well as a nonfiction book, Architects of the Web, about the rise of the internet business. Reid is the founder of Listen.com Inc., which created the Rhapsody digital music service."
tagline: "American businessperson & author (1965-)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RobReid.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1965-10-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.516058666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 28
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Rob_Reid"
    handle:    "Rob_Reid"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/ReadRobReid"
    handle:    "ReadRobReid"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.readrobreid.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-uPjbI8VMEPRCDBwE3EW5Q"
    handle:    "@readrobreid"
    followers: 28
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Reid_(Autor)"
    title: "Robert Reid (Autor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_(%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%84_%D8%A3%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84)"
    title: "روبرت ريد (رجل أعمال)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8_%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)"
    title: "روبرت ريد (كاتب خيال علمى من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9c90c86a-f311-46d9-9736-b43e4f154652"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Reid_(author)"
    title: "Robert Reid (author)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Reid_(%C3%A9crivain)"
    title: "Robert Reid (écrivain)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2798390"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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