Stephen Bechtel, Jr.
American businessman (1925–2021)
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 10/11/2026 (wikidata)Dispute
Profile Summary
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Stephen Bechtel, Jr. was an American businessman who lived from 1925 to 2021, with an estimated net worth of ~$1.9 billion Wikidata.
Political Activity
Federal Election Commission records show at least 100 federal contributions in the most recent 100 contributions on file, covering a sampled period from 2008-10-28 to 2016-05-31; the FEC reports 314 contributions overall FEC. The sampled contributions total at least $761,504: $519,404 to Republican recipients, $234,900 with an unknown party designation, and $7,200 to Democratic recipients FEC. The largest listed recipients in this sample were the Republican National Committee ($242,200), NRCC ($97,200), Republican Victory Fund ($97,200), National Republican Senatorial Committee ($60,900), and Boehner for Speaker ($26,400) 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.
U.S. Presence
Political Contributions
These figures cover the 100 most recent of 314 federal contributions on file, not the full record. The total, party split, top recipients and dates below are all computed over that sample, so each is a floor rather than a complete figure.
By Party (in the sample)
Every party in this sample is listed here. The bars are rounded for display; unrounded they total exactly $761,504.
Top Recipients (in the sample)
Matched by name only. 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.
Giving score
Not graded — insufficient data
We hold no charitable giving record for this person that we can count toward a score: no foundation filing we can tie to them and no sourced record of their direct giving. A gift reported elsewhere on this page, in the news or the summary, is not one we have recorded as a giving record yet. Without a record, a score would reflect how much data we hold about them and any Giving Pledge signature rather than recorded giving, so we do not give one. That says nothing about how much they give.
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