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Walter Wang

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AIProfile Summary

Walter Wang is a California-based billionaire in manufacturing, with an estimated net worth of ~$2.1B RTB. SEC records list him as "Wang Walter Lin" and show five filings tied to ATA Inc. (AACG), including Schedule 13G and 13G/A forms, which are ownership reports used to disclose significant shareholdings rather than routine company operations SEC EDGAR.

Business & SEC Activity

The SEC data connects Wang to ATA Inc. (AACG) through five ownership filings, with the most recent on 2014-01-21 and earlier filings in 2013, 2012, 2010, and 2009 SEC EDGAR. Schedule 13G and 13G/A filings are public disclosures that report beneficial ownership stakes and amendments to those holdings SEC EDGAR.

Philanthropy

ProPublica 990 data shows three Wang Foundation records: one in Berkeley, California for tax year 2023 with $1,626 in grants paid and $480,172 in assets, one in Pebble Beach, California for 2015 with $535 in grants paid and $7,240 in assets, and one in New York with $0 grants paid and $0 assets ProPublica 990. Across the available filings, total grants paid were $2,161 and total foundation assets were $487,412 ProPublica 990.

Political Activity

FEC records show 100 contributions totaling $1,352,735 from 2022-10-24 to 2025-08-20 FEC. The largest recipients were the NRCC ($442,180), PROTECT THE HOUSE 2024 ($338,500), and ISSA VICTORY FUND ($325,000), and the party breakdown shows $638,580 to Republicans, $9,300 to Democrats, and $704,855 classified as Unknown FEC.

In the News

News results from 2026-02-13 include three items about Gold House’s New York Fashion Week and Gold Lunar New Year celebration at Chinese Tuxedo NewsAPI. The articles came from Mediabistro, FinanzNachrichten.de, and StreetInsider.com, with an average sentiment score of 0.4588 across the set NewsAPI.

AI-generated summary from fec, rtb, newsapi, propublica_990, sec_edgar 6/27/2026 (gpt-5.4-mini). All claims are derived from the source data shown below.

USU.S. Presence

residenceLos Angeles, California

990Philanthropy

$487KFoundation Assets
$2KGrants Paid
3Foundations
Wang FoundationNew York, NY
Arts, culture & humanities (IRS NTEE A20)
Assets: $0Revenue: $0Grants: $0
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Wang FoundationBerkeley, CA
Assets: $480KRevenue: $22KGrants: $2KTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Wang FoundationPebble Beach, CA
Private grantmaking foundation (IRS NTEE T20)
Assets: $7KRevenue: $1Grants: $535Tax Year: 2015
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Source: ProPublica (990) annual filing · latest on record (retrieved 3/9/2026) (proPublica_990)

FECPolitical Contributions

$1.4MTotal Contributed
100Contributions
2022–2025Date Range

By Party

Unknown
$705K
REP
$639K
DEM
$9K

Top Recipients

NRCC$442K
PROTECT THE HOUSE 2024$339K
ISSA VICTORY FUND$325K
INVEST IN A STRONG AND SECURE AMERICA$15K
MAJORITY PAC$15K
Source: FEC contribution filings · latest on record (retrieved 3/10/2026) (fec)

SECSEC Filings

5Total Filings
5Insider Filings
323EDGAR Mentions
0001456100Personal CIK

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

SC 13G/ASC 13G/A
1/21/2014
SC 13G/ASC 13G/A
1/22/2013
SC 13G/ASCHEDULE 13G AMENDMENT NO. 2
2/10/2012
SC 13G/ASC 13G/A
2/12/2010
SC 13GSCHEDULE 13G
2/17/2009
Source: SEC EDGAR regulatory filings · latest on record (retrieved 6/27/2026) (sec_derived)

PBSScore Breakdown

D
26.3
Public Benefit Score

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.

Philanthropy65% weight
0%

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

Transparency35% weight
75%

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 6/23/2026 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.

Walter Wang — Public Benefit Score D (26) | Billionaire Army