Joseph Bae
Profile Summary
Joseph Bae is a New York-based finance executive born in 1972, with an estimated net worth of ~$1.9B RTB. The SEC data ties him to Laureate Education, Inc., an operating company in educational services, and shows a large volume of filings associated with that company SEC EDGAR.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC records list Laureate Education, Inc. (ticker LAUR) as the relevant entity, which is described as an operating company in the educational services sector SEC EDGAR. The filing set includes 1,005 total filings and 722 insider filings, and the recent filings shown are Forms 4 and 3; Form 4 reports changes in insider ownership, while Form 3 is the initial statement of beneficial ownership SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
Foundation filings show three foundations connected to the Bae name. The Sangmoon Bae Foundation reported $100,005 in assets, $180 in grants paid, and $180 in expenses for tax year 2021, while the Bae Family Foundation and Steam Bae Collective Foundation each reported $0 in assets, revenue, expenses, and grants paid ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
FEC records show 100 contributions totaling $46,087 between 2024-10-13 and 2025-12-19 FEC. The largest listed recipients were Daines Senate Majority Fund, Team Hill, Steve Daines for Montana, More Jobs, Less Government, and In the Arena PAC, and the party breakdown shows $8,300 to Republican recipients, $3,060 to Democratic recipients, and $34,320 marked Unknown FEC.
In the News
GDELT returned 7 total results but 0 validated results, and no article details were provided in the dataset NewsAPI.
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Score Breakdown
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.
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 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.