Romesh Wadhwani

Romesh Wadhwani (born 1947) is an Indian-American businessman in the United States with an estimated net worth of ~$5.5B. SEC records list him under the name “WADHWANI ROMESH” with a personal CIK (Central Index Key) of 0001032515, which is the SEC’s identifier used to track filings tied to an individual or entity. Wikidata SEC EDGAR

Business & SEC Activity

SEC EDGAR shows 61 insider filings associated with Wadhwani, primarily Forms 3 and 4. Form 3 is an initial statement of beneficial ownership for corporate insiders, and Form 4 reports subsequent changes in insider ownership (such as buys, sells, or option exercises). His SEC-linked company names include STG UGP, LLC; ONVIA INC; Lawson Software, Inc.; Chordiant Software Inc; and Workstream Inc, and the dataset reports 367 EDGAR search hits tied to his name. SEC EDGAR

Philanthropy

Three foundations associated with the Wadhwani name filed 2023 IRS Form 990 data: Wadhwani Operating Foundation (CA), Wadhwani Charitable Foundation (CA), and Wadhwani Institute For Artificial Intelligence Foundation (PA). Across these filings, total foundation assets were $654,347,478 and total grants paid were reported as $0 in 2023; individually, each foundation also reported $0 grants paid despite reporting revenues and expenses (e.g., the Operating Foundation reported $510,072,496 in assets, $40,002,235 in revenue, and $16,670,828 in expenses). ProPublica 990

Political Activity

Federal Election Commission data shows 81 contributions totaling $384,700 from 2003-06-21 to 2021-07-08. The party breakdown reported is $274,600 to Democrats, $4,000 to Republicans, and $106,100 to PACs/Other, indicating the majority of disclosed giving in this dataset went to Democratic recipients. Top recipients by amount include the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee ($40,000), Biden Victory Fund ($38,300), Obama Victory Fund 2012 ($35,800), and the Democratic National Committee (listed twice with similar names, $32,700 and $30,800). FEC