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Ken Langone
New YorkFinance
D
21.9
PBS
~$9.8B
Profile Summary
Ken Langone is a New York-based financier born in 1935 with an estimated net worth of ~$9.8B RTB. Publicly available news coverage in this dataset links him to NYU Langone Health, including reporting on plans for a new medical center in Melville, Long Island NewsAPIGDELT.
Political Activity
FEC records show 100 contributions totaling $1,412,219.03 from 2025-02-10 to 2025-12-31 FEC. The largest recipients listed are SLF PAC and GROW THE MAJORITY at $500,000 each, followed by STAND FOR AMERICA PAC at $100,000 FEC. The party breakdown shows $1,000 to Democrats, $235,019.03 to Republicans, and $1,176,200 to PACs or other committees FEC.
In the News
Recent coverage in the dataset focuses on NYU Langone Health’s expansion plans in Melville, including a proposed academic medical center and a reported $1B teaching hospital and research center GDELT. Other indexed articles mention NYU Langone in a separate story about a trans teen’s sense of safety, but the dataset does not provide additional details about Langone’s role in that piece NewsAPI.
U.S. Presence
residenceSands Point, New York
Political Contributions
$1.4MTotal Contributed
100Contributions
2025–2025Date Range
By Party
Top Recipients
SLF PAC$500K
GROW THE MAJORITY$500K
STAND FOR AMERICA PAC$100K
YOUNG VICTORY COMMITTEE$12K
COTTON MAJORITY COMMITTEE$11K
Recent News
5Total Articles
Blood Horse InteractiveTop Source
PositiveAvg. Sentiment
Score Breakdown
D
21.9
Public Benefit Score
The PBS is a weighted average of 2 components. The formula is open and versioned — the weight percentages below show how much each component contributes to the final score.
Philanthropy65% weight
Evidenced charitable giving — built on what they actually give each year, not parked assets. Dominated by generosity (annual giving relative to net worth — the share of your fortune you give), plus the absolute scale of that giving, plus a small nudge for signing the Giving Pledge (a commitment, not a realized action).
Data: ProPublica 990 charitable disbursements, net worth, The Giving Pledge registry
Transparency35% weight
How much sourced, public accountability data exists — net worth, political contributions, SEC filings, foundation 990s, news coverage, and a verified profile. More public disclosure scores higher.
Data: FEC, SEC EDGAR, ProPublica 990s, GDELT / NewsAPI, Wikidata
Formula (v2): PBS = 65% x Philanthropy + 35% x Transparency
Scored on 6/23/2026 on a 0–100 scale. The score uses only the signals we have populated data for. Goal Impact, Controversy, and Community Approval are deferred until that data exists — Phase 1 goal adoption, controversy detection, and community votes respectively.
All data is sourced from public records. Each section links to its original source.