# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/victor-conte
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:02:15.273Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/victor-conte"
name: "Victor Conte"
slug: "victor-conte"
description: "Victor Conte Jr. was an American musician and businessman who was the founder and president of Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO), which is now defunct. BALCO was a sports nutrition center in California. In the late 1970s, Conte played bass with funk and  R&B group Tower of Power, appearing on the band's 1978 release We Came to Play!."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Victor_Conte.jpg/330px-Victor_Conte.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1950-01-10"
deathDate: "2025-11-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.18
  momentum:             2.547584187408492
  historical:           6.923408
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/VictorConte"
    handle:    "VictorConte"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4356996/"
    handle:    "nm4356996"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/670420"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "فكتور كونت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Conte"
    title: "Victor Conte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Conte"
    title: "Victor Conte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Conte"
    title: "Victor Conte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Conte"
    title: "Victor Conte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Conte"
    title: "Victor Conte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86"
    title: "ビクター・コンテ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q979655"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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