Ronald Perelman
American businessman and investor (born 1943)
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 7/12/2026 (wikidata)
Profile Summary
Ronald Perelman is an American businessman and investor born in 1943, based in New York, with an estimated net worth of ~$9.4B Wikidata. He built his wealth in finance and has been identified in SEC records as a frequent filer tied to insider reporting activity, with 246 insider filings and 247 total filings in the dataset SEC EDGAR. He is a Giving Pledge signatory RTB.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC records show Ronald Perelman associated with vTv Therapeutics Inc. (VTVT), and the filing history in the dataset is dominated by Form 4 reports SEC EDGAR. Form 4 is the SEC filing insiders use to report changes in ownership, such as buying or selling shares, so a large number of these filings indicates repeated ownership reporting activity SEC EDGAR. The dataset lists 94 EDGAR hits and 246 insider filings for his personal CIK SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
The data lists three foundations connected to Perelman: Chapman Perelman Foundation, Perelman Family Foundation Inc, and Jennie Perelman Foundation Inc ProPublica 990. Across the available tax years, these foundations reported total grants paid of $421,383 and total foundation assets of $4,446,413 ProPublica 990. In 2023, Chapman Perelman Foundation reported $254,623 in grants paid on $10,451 in assets, while Perelman Family Foundation Inc reported $15,760 in grants paid on $1,071,032 in assets ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
From 2020-10-31 to 2025-10-13, the FEC data shows 100 contributions totaling $3,680.50 FEC. Most of the money went to Republican-aligned recipients or committees: $3,479 is categorized as PAC/Other and $201.50 as REP FEC. The top recipient was WINRED at $3,404, followed by Perdue for Senate, Defend Freedom, Inc., Steve Garvey for US Senate, and ActBlue FEC.
In the News
Recent articles in the dataset focus on the death of Ronald Perelman’s son Oscar at age 15, with reports published in March 2026 NewsAPI. The articles describe the death as related to a longstanding medical condition and note that a representative for Perelman declined to comment NewsAPI.
U.S. Presence
Philanthropy
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Associated Companies
Entities appearing alongside this person in SEC full-text search — an association, not necessarily ownership or control. Follow each link to the primary SEC record to judge for yourself.
Recent Insider Filings
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. View on Wikidata