Paul Foster

Paul Foster is a U.S. businessman, born in 1958, associated with Texas and the energy industry. He has an estimated net worth of ~$4.2 billion Wikidata.

Business & SEC Activity

SEC records identify Paul L. Foster as an insider filer with 124 filings and list connections to Western Refining, Northern Tier Energy LP, Andeavor, and Xencor SEC EDGAR. The 10 most recently listed filings are from May through October 2018 and are Form 4 submissions, which disclose securities ownership and transactions by company insiders SEC EDGAR.

Philanthropy

Three Foster Foundation filings report combined assets of $52.59 million and $2.50 million in grants paid ProPublica 990. The Kirkland, Washington foundation reported $50.02 million in assets and $2.32 million in grants paid in 2023; the San Diego foundation reported $2.52 million in assets and $147,503 in grants paid in 2023; and the Grand Rapids foundation reported $48,079 in assets and $26,798 in grants paid in 2016 ProPublica 990.

Political Activity

FEC records show at least 100 federal contributions; the figures below cover only the most recent 100 contributions on file, from April 20 through July 31, 2026 FEC. Those sampled contributions total $14,020.79: $10,171.29 to Republican recipients, $935 to Democratic recipients, and $2,914.50 with an unknown party designation FEC. The largest listed recipients were the Republican Campaign Committee of New Mexico ($9,921.29), ActBlue ($2,769.50), Talarico for Texas ($400), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Congress ($300), and Thomas Massie for Congress ($250) 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.