# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rocky-wirtz
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:36:24.416Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rocky-wirtz"
name: "Rocky Wirtz"
slug: "rocky-wirtz"
description: "William Rockwell \"Rocky\" Wirtz was an American businessman. He was the principal owner and chairman of the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League. He was also president of the Blackhawks' parent company, the Wirtz Corporation, a diversified conglomerate headquartered in Chicago. Under Wirtz's leadership, the Chicago Blackhawks won three Stanley Cups between 2010 and 2015, reversing a period of declining fan interest and on-ice performance. He oversaw Wirtz Corporation's commercial and residential real estate companies, wine and spirits distributor Breakthru Beverage Group, an insurance company, and banks in Illinois and Florida. Wirtz was also half-owner of the Blackhawks' home arena, the United Center, along with Chicago Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf. He and Reinsdorf were co-chairmen of the arena's Executive Committee."
tagline: "American business person, owner of the Chicago Blackhawks"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rockywirtz-headshot-2015.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1952-10-05"
deathDate: "2023-07-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.73
  momentum:             5.536821868597569
  historical:           5.350690666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Wirtz"
    title: "Rocky Wirtz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D9%89_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "روكى فيرتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Wirtz"
    title: "Rocky Wirtz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Wirtz"
    title: "Rocky Wirtz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wirtz"
    title: "William Wirtz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Wirtz"
    title: "Rocky Wirtz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3438041"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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