Richard Schulze
US businessman
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 8/30/2026 (wikidata)
Profile Summary
Richard Schulze is a Florida-based U.S. businessman in the retail industry, born in 1941. He has an estimated net worth of ~$4.4 billion Wikidata. SEC records identify filings associated with Best Buy Co. Inc., where a news report identified him as chairman SEC EDGAR NewsAPI.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC EDGAR lists 214 filings for Richard Schulze, including 213 insider filings and 127 electronic filing search hits SEC EDGAR. Recent records include Forms 4 and 144: Form 4 reports changes in an insider’s company holdings, while Form 144 is generally used to notify the SEC of a proposed sale of restricted or control securities. The recent filings include multiple Forms 4 and 144 connected with Best Buy SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
Three foundations associated with Schulze reported $781,499 in grants paid and $8,804,858 in total assets across the available tax filings ProPublica 990. The Richard & Enika Schulze Foundation reported $705,605 in grants paid and $6,938,069 in assets for 2023, while the two Schulze Family Foundation filings reported $75,894 in combined grants and $1,866,789 in combined assets ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
The available FEC data represents only the most recent 100 contributions and indicates at least 100 federal contributions; the sample totaled $47,315.35 FEC. Within those sampled records, $25,458.78 went to Republican recipients, $1,000 to Democratic recipients, and $20,856.57 to PACs or other recipients; the largest listed recipients were Rick Scott for Florida, Team Rick Scott, and the NRSC FEC.
In the News
A June 18, 2026 report said 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 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)
Top Recipients (in the sample)
Matched by name only. These are the donations the FEC lists under this person’s name — so a different person with the same name can show up here too.
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 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.
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 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 8/31/2026 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