# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/valentin-gapontsev
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:28:26.425Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/valentin-gapontsev"
name: "Valentin Gapontsev"
slug: "valentin-gapontsev"
description: "Valentin P. Gapontsev was a Russian-American laser physicist, billionaire, and the founder, CEO, and chairman of IPG Photonics. At the time of his death, his net worth was estimated at US$2.3 billion."
tagline: "Soviet physicist (1939–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gapontsev.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1939-02-23"
deathDate: "2021-10-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             10.18348623853211
  historical:           5.287186666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump