Peter Sperling

Peter Sperling is a U.S.-based technology-industry billionaire associated with Arizona, born in 1959. His estimated net worth is ~$2.0 billion RTB.

Business & SEC Activity

SEC EDGAR lists Peter V. Sperling as an insider filer with 167 filings, including filings associated with Arcadia Biosciences, Apollo Education Group, Moral Compass Corp., and trusts bearing John G. Sperling’s name SEC EDGAR. His recent listed filings include Form 4 reports from 2015 through 2017; Form 4 reports disclose changes in an insider’s ownership of a company’s securities, while Form 3 establishes an insider’s initial ownership position SEC EDGAR.

Philanthropy

Three listed Sperling foundations reported combined assets of $24,456,429 and grants paid of $1,635,522 in their latest available filings ProPublica 990. The Sperling Fam Charitable Foundation in Wayland, Massachusetts reported $22,285,545 in assets and $1,451,470 in grants paid for tax year 2023; the Sperling Family Charitable Foundation in Birmingham, Alabama reported $2,133,203 in assets and $171,439 in grants paid that year ProPublica 990. The Sperling Foundation in Tucson reported $37,681 in assets and $12,613 in grants paid for tax year 2019 ProPublica 990.

Political Activity

FEC records contain at least 100 federal contributions by Sperling; the figures below cover only the 100 most recent sampled records, dated from December 31, 2001, through November 29, 2022 FEC. Those sampled contributions total $351,325: $222,375 to Democratic recipients, $110,450 with an unknown party designation, and $18,500 to Republican recipients FEC. The largest recipients in the sample were the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee ($58,500), Arizona State Democratic Central Executive Committee ($46,000), Apollo Group Inc. Political Organization for Legislative Leadership ($40,000), 21st Century PAC ($30,000), and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee ($25,000) 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.