# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-herbert-hunt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:18:20.732Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-herbert-hunt"
name: "William Herbert Hunt"
slug: "william-herbert-hunt"
description: "William Herbert Hunt was an American oil billionaire and member of the wealthy Hunt family. He along with his brothers Nelson Bunker Hunt and Lamar Hunt tried but failed to corner the world market in silver.\nAccording to Forbes, as of April 2024 his net worth was estimated at US$5.3 billion."
tagline: "American heir (1929–2024)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1929-03-06"
deathDate: "2024-04-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.139242666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  53
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "وليم هربرت هنت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Herbert_Hunt"
    title: "William Herbert Hunt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Herbert_Hunt"
    title: "William Herbert Hunt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8012250"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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