Jerry Yang
founder of Yahoo!
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 10/11/2026 (wikidata)Dispute
Profile Summary
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Jerry Yang, born in 1968, is a technology entrepreneur and founder of Yahoo!. His estimated net worth is ~$1.8B Wikidata.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC EDGAR lists 54 insider filings for Yang, connected to Workday, Cisco Systems, Alibaba Group Holding, Yahoo, and Third Point. Recent filings include Form 4 reports from 2018 through June 2026 and a Form 3 in March 2026; Form 3 reports an insider's initial ownership, while Form 4 reports later changes in ownership or transactions SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
Three entities named Yang Foundation filed 2023 returns: organizations in Saratoga, California; New Hartford, New York; and Beverly Hills, California. Together, they reported $1,231,672 in assets and $101,421 in grants paid; the New Hartford foundation reported $880,136 in assets and $70,806 in grants, while the Saratoga and Beverly Hills foundations reported $3,115 and $27,500 in grants, respectively ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
FEC records show at least 253 federal contributions; the figures below cover only the most recent 100 contributions on file, dated from December 11, 2020, through July 3, 2026. Those sampled records total $379,312: $345,097 classified as Unknown, $34,200 Democratic, $10 Republican, and $5 Libertarian FEC. The largest listed recipient was Forward Party at $310,000, followed by Ro for Congress Inc. at $16,500, Liccardo Victory Fund at $11,600, Newsom for California Governor 2022 at $10,000, and Liccardo for Congress at $6,600 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
Philanthropy
Foundations are matched to a person by name, not by trustee records — so a same-surname family foundation can land here in error. Every entity below links to its full IRS filing; if one doesn’t belong, tell us at hello@skylarkcreations.com and we’ll pull it.
Political Contributions
These figures cover the 100 most recent of 253 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 $379,312.
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.
SEC Filings
Associated Companies
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Recent Insider Filings
Score Breakdown
The giving score 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.
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
How much sourced public record we hold about this person — net worth, SEC filings, foundation 990s, news coverage, Wikidata. It measures our coverage, not how open the person is. Each further kind of record scores higher, up to eight. Political donation records matched to a person by name alone are not counted: they may belong to someone else with the same name. From October 7, 2026, our own AI-written summary and the profile photo are not counted either — neither is a public record — so grades that leaned on them moved down that day.
Data: SEC EDGAR, ProPublica 990s, GDELT / NewsAPI, Wikidata
Formula (v2): Giving score = 65% x Philanthropy + 35% x Data coverage
Scored on 10/16/2026 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. View on Wikidata