Richard Schulze
US businessman
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 10/11/2026 (wikidata)Dispute
Profile Summary
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Richard Schulze is a Florida-based U.S. businessman in the retail industry, born in 1941. He has an estimated net worth of ~$4.4B Wikidata.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC EDGAR identifies Schulze as an insider filer with 214 filings, including 213 insider filings, and links his records to Best Buy Co. Inc. and several other companies SEC EDGAR. His recent filings include Form 4 reports, which disclose changes in an insider's ownership of company securities, and Form 144 notices, which are filed before proposed sales of restricted or control securities. Recent Form 4 and Form 144 filings were recorded repeatedly from October 20 through October 31, 2025, indicating active reporting of securities transactions or planned sales SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
Three Schulze-related foundations reported combined assets of $8,804,858 and grants paid of $781,499 in the available filings ProPublica 990. In 2023, the Richard & Enika Schulze Foundation in Dallas reported $6,938,069 in assets and $705,605 in grants paid; the Schulze Family Foundation in Mercer Island reported $1,406,205 in assets and $33,519 in grants paid ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
The FEC reports 658 federal contributions in total. The most recent sampled 100 contributions on file total $59,027.35, covering April 5, 2023 through July 26, 2026; $31,068.57 is classified as Unknown and $27,958.78 as Republican FEC. The largest recipients in this sampled set were Team Rick Scott ($19,400), Rick Scott for Florida ($14,000), the Republican Party of Florida ($7,250), Lets Get to Work PAC ($7,100), and NRSC ($5,000) FEC.
These donations are matched to this person by name only, so some may belong to a different person with the same name: FEC filings can include a donor's employer and city, but our matching does not check them against what we know about this person.
In the News
A June 18, 2026 article reported that Best Buy chairman Richard Schulze sold 5,100 shares of Best Buy stock NewsAPI.
U.S. Presence
Philanthropy
Foundations are matched to a person by name, not by trustee records — so a same-surname family foundation can land here in error. Every entity below links to its full IRS filing; if one doesn’t belong, tell us at hello@skylarkcreations.com and we’ll pull it.
Political Contributions
These figures cover the 100 most recent of 658 federal contributions on file, not the full record. The total, party split, top recipients and dates below are all computed over that sample, so each is a floor rather than a complete figure.
By Party (in the sample)
Every party in this sample is listed here. The bars are rounded for display; unrounded they total exactly $59,027.35.
Top Recipients (in the sample)
Matched by name only. These donations are matched to this person by name only, so some may belong to a different person with the same name: FEC filings can include a donor's employer and city, but our matching does not check them against what we know about this person.
SEC Filings
Associated Companies
Entities appearing alongside this person in SEC full-text search — an association, not necessarily ownership or control. Follow each link to the primary SEC record to judge for yourself.
Recent Insider Filings
Score Breakdown
The giving score 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.
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
How much sourced public record we hold about this person — net worth, SEC filings, foundation 990s, news coverage, Wikidata. It measures our coverage, not how open the person is. Each further kind of record scores higher, up to eight. Political donation records matched to a person by name alone are not counted: they may belong to someone else with the same name. From October 7, 2026, our own AI-written summary and the profile photo are not counted either — neither is a public record — so grades that leaned on them moved down that day.
Data: SEC EDGAR, ProPublica 990s, GDELT / NewsAPI, Wikidata
Formula (v2): Giving score = 65% x Philanthropy + 35% x Data coverage
Scored on 10/16/2026 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. View on Wikidata