Herald Chen

Herald Chen (born 1970) is a U.S.-based technology billionaire in California with an estimated net worth of ~$1.1B. SEC records show he is associated with extensive insider-reporting activity, with 63 insider filings tied to his personal CIK and links to multiple public companies including AppLovin (APP), Unity Software (U), GoDaddy (GDDY), Eastman Kodak (KODK), and SAIC (SAIC). RTB SEC EDGAR

Business & SEC Activity

SEC EDGAR lists Herald Y. Chen as an entity with a personal CIK (0001348636) and 64 total filings, including 63 insider filings. Recent filings include multiple Form 4 reports (used by corporate insiders to disclose changes in their holdings) and Form 144 filings (a notice related to the planned sale of restricted or control securities) in 2025–2026. The SEC data also connects his filings to several issuers, including AppLovin, Unity Software, GoDaddy, Eastman Kodak, and SAIC. SEC EDGAR

Philanthropy

Across three foundations in the data, total reported foundation assets sum to $501,170 and total grants paid sum to $166,450. The Chen Foundation (Cerritos, CA) reported $52,185 in assets in 2017 with $0 grants paid that year, while the Professor Chen Wen Chen Memorial Foundation (Kingston, NJ) reported $448,985 in assets and $166,450 in grants paid in tax year 2023. Another Chen Foundation entry (San Francisco, CA) shows $0 assets, $0 revenue, $0 expenses, and $0 grants paid in the record provided. ProPublica 990

Political Activity

FEC records show 6 contributions totaling $16,700 from 2007-12-30 to 2017-03-17. The largest listed recipients include The Freedom Project ($5,000) and the American Investment Council Political Action Committee (AIC PAC) ($2,500), along with contributions to Friends of Max Baucus, McConnell Senate Committee '14, and Friends of Gordon Smith ($2,300 each). The party breakdown in the data is $2,300 to Democrats, $4,600 to Republicans, and $9,800 categorized as Unknown. FEC