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Vinod Khosla

Vinod Khosla

Indian-American businessman

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AIProfile Summary

Vinod Khosla (born 1955) is an Indian-American businessman based in California in the technology industry, with an estimated net worth of ~$9.9B. Wikidata

Business & SEC Activity

SEC EDGAR shows Vinod Khosla associated with 129 insider filings, with recent Form 4 filings reported from 2024 through 2026. Form 4 filings are disclosures insiders file to report changes in their ownership of a public company’s securities (such as buying, selling, or receiving shares). Companies appearing in the SEC data linked to his filings include Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (RKLB), Gevo, Inc. (GEVO), and Okta, Inc. (OKTA), as well as entities named KHOSLA VENTURES SEED B (CF), L.P. and Khosla Ventures IV (CF), L.P. SEC EDGAR

Philanthropy

The Khosla Foundation (Little River, CA) reported $300,268 in total assets for tax year 2023, with $10,322 in total revenue and $36,560 in total expenses. It reported $0 in grants paid in 2023. ProPublica 990

Political Activity

Federal Election Commission data shows 100 contributions totaling $8,473,075 between 2020-07-09 and 2025-12-18. The largest listed recipients include SMP ($4,000,000), FF PAC ($1,000,000), DNC Services Corp / Democratic National Committee (~$600,800), Harris Action Fund ($513,000), and House Majority PAC ($500,000). The party breakdown in the data is ~$1,334,025 to DEM, $3,300 to IND, and ~$7,135,750 to PAC/Other. FEC

In the News

Recent headlines mentioning Khosla in this dataset include coverage about venture capital and AI (including a Wired piece titled "Can AI Kill the Venture Capitalist?") and other business news items. Separate headlines in the feed also include financial-results coverage for Vicarious Surgical. NewsAPI

AI-generated summary from wikidata, sec_edgar, newsapi, propublica_990, fec 3/10/2026 (gpt-5.2). All claims are derived from the source data shown below.

USU.S. Presence

otherU.S. economic presence

990Philanthropy

$300KFoundation Assets
$37KGrants Paid
1Foundation
The Khosla FoundationLittle River, CA
Private independent foundation (IRS NTEE T22)
Assets: $300KRevenue: $10KGrants: $37KTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Source: ProPublica (990) annual filing · latest on record (retrieved 3/9/2026) (proPublica_990)

FECPolitical Contributions

$8.5MTotal Contributed
100Contributions
2020–2025Date Range

By Party

PAC/Other
$7.1M
DEM
$1.3M
IND
$3K

Top Recipients

SMP$4.0M
FF PAC$1.0M
DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE$601K
HARRIS ACTION FUND$513K
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC$500K
Source: FEC contribution filings · latest on record (retrieved 3/9/2026) (fec)

SECSEC Filings

130Total Filings
130Insider Filings
1,189EDGAR Mentions
0001032453Personal CIK

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

33
6/26/2026
44
1/29/2026
44
7/25/2025
44
7/7/2025
44
5/9/2025
44
2/5/2025
44
1/31/2025
44
1/14/2025
44
12/3/2024
44
8/28/2024
Source: SEC EDGAR regulatory filings · latest on record (retrieved 6/27/2026) (sec_derived)

PBSScore Breakdown

C
44.9
Public Benefit Score

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.

Philanthropy65% weight
15%

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

Transparency35% weight
100%

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

Vinod Khosla — Public Benefit Score C (45) | Billionaire Army