Leonard Stern

Leonard Stern is an American businessman in the real-estate industry, born in 1938 and based in New York. His estimated net worth is ~$8.3B Wikidata.

Business & SEC Activity

SEC EDGAR search data returned filings for Starboard Value LP, including 485 insider filings among 893 total filings. Recent records include Form 144 notices, which report proposed sales of restricted or control securities; a Form 4, which reports an insider's transaction in company securities; and amendments to Schedule 13D, a disclosure for investors reporting significant ownership stakes SEC EDGAR.

Philanthropy

The data lists three organizations named Stern Foundation, in Virginia, Texas, and New York. Their reported assets total $1,800,159 and grants paid total $110,166 across the listed tax years; the Virginia foundation reported $53,458 in grants in 2024, while the Texas and New York foundations reported $21,532 and $35,176, respectively, in 2023 ProPublica 990.

Political Activity

FEC data shows at least 100 federal contributions; the figures below cover only the 100 most recent records on file, dated January 5, 2025, through July 29, 2026. Those sampled contributions total $128,043: $62,543 was categorized as Unknown, $45,000 as Republican, and $20,500 as Democratic FEC. The largest listed recipients in the sample were Smith Victory ($50,000), the NRCC ($38,000), Torres Victory Fund ($7,000), Torres for Congress ($7,000), and Jason Smith for Congress ($7,000) FEC.

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