Joe Ricketts
American businessman (born 1941)
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 10/11/2026 (wikidata)Dispute
Profile Summary
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Joe Ricketts is an American businessman born in 1941, associated with the finance industry and listed in Wyoming. His estimated net worth is ~$8.4 billion Wikidata.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC records identify Ricketts as an insider filer connected to TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., Toronto-Dominion Bank, Marlene M. Ricketts, and the J. Joe Ricketts 1996 Dynasty Trust SEC EDGAR. The records include 118 insider filings, including Forms 4 and 5, which report certain insiders’ securities transactions, and Schedules 13D and 13G, which disclose significant ownership stakes in public companies SEC EDGAR. Recent listed filings include a Schedule 13G amendment in February 2019 and Schedule 13D amendments and Forms 4 and 5 between 2014 and 2016 SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
The Ricketts Family Foundation Inc., based in Moorestown, New Jersey, reported $5,758 in assets, $1 in revenue, $600 in expenses, and $600 in grants paid for tax year 2023 ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
FEC records show at least 100 federal contributions in the most recent 100 contributions on file, covering only the sampled records from May 8, 2024, through June 30, 2026; the FEC reports 521 contributions in total FEC. The sampled contributions total $17,835,779.56: $17,459,958.19 was categorized as Unknown, $374,780.35 as Republican, and $1,041.02 as Other FEC. The largest listed recipients in the sample were Citizens for Free Enterprise ($16,223,500), NRSC Victory ($764,100), Congressional Leadership Fund ($350,000), Texans for a Conservative Majority ($100,000), and the Republican National Committee ($16,780.35) 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.
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 521 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 $17,835,779.56.
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