Martha Rivers Ingram

Martha Rivers Ingram was an American business executive and billionaire heiress who served as emerita chairman of Ingram Industries. Born in 1935, she had an estimated net worth of ~$5.8 billion. Wikidata

Business & SEC Activity

Ingram was emerita chairman of Ingram Industries. News reporting states that she became chair of the company in 1995 following the death of her husband, E. Bronson Ingram II. Wikidata NewsAPI

Philanthropy

Three Ingram-related foundations in Tennessee, Alabama, and Arizona reported combined grants paid of $4,372,578 and combined assets of $212,718 in the available filings. The Nashville Ingram Foundation reported $4,000,587 in grants paid for tax year 2020, while the Arizona Ingram Family Foundation reported $371,991 in grants paid and $212,717 in assets for tax year 2023. ProPublica 990

Political Activity

FEC records list five contributions totaling $12,000 between October 21, 2002, and August 27, 2016. The party breakdown was $7,000 to Democratic recipients and $5,000 to recipients with an unknown party designation. 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.

In the News

News reports in August 2026 said Ingram died at age 90. Coverage also reported that she served as chair of Vanderbilt University's Board of Trust from 1999 to 2011 and held board roles with several Nashville arts organizations. NewsAPI