# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rod-canion
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:10:24.225Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rod-canion"
name: "Rod Canion"
slug: "rod-canion"
description: "Joseph Rodney \"Rod\" Canion is an American computer scientist and businessman who co-founded Compaq Computer Corporation in 1982 and served as its first president and CEO."
tagline: "American businessman and computer scientist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rod_Canion_-_SiliconCowboys-MFF16.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Executives"
  slug: "executives"
profileType:
  name: "Executive"
  slug: "executive"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1945-01-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.12
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.569333333333335
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 156
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Canion"
    title: "Rod Canion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "رود كانيون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Canion"
    title: "Rod Canion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Canion"
    title: "Rod Canion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Canion"
    title: "Rod Canion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ロッド・キャニオン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Canion"
    title: "Rod Canion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7356151"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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