Edward Johnson, III
American investor and businessperson (1930–2022)
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 10/11/2026 (wikidata)Dispute
Profile Summary
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Edward Johnson III was an American investor and businessperson who lived from 1930 to 2022. His estimated net worth was ~$7.8 billion. Wikidata
Political Activity
FEC records show at least 100 federal contributions; the figures below cover only the 100 most recent contributions on file, from a sampled period ending August 31, 2012. Those sampled contributions total $175,950: $76,000 to recipients with an unknown party designation, $73,600 to Republican recipients, and $26,350 to Democratic recipients. The largest listed recipients were the National Republican Senatorial Committee ($27,250), FMR LLC Political Action Committee—Federal (Fidelity PAC) ($20,000), NRSC—Nonfederal ($10,000), FMR Corp Federal Political Action Committee ($10,000), and the Republican National Committee ($6,000). 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
Political Contributions
These figures cover the 100 most recent of 161 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 $175,950.
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.
Giving score
Not graded — insufficient data
We hold no charitable giving record for this person that we can count toward a score: no foundation filing we can tie to them and no sourced record of their direct giving. A gift reported elsewhere on this page, in the news or the summary, is not one we have recorded as a giving record yet. Without a record, a score would reflect how much data we hold about them and any Giving Pledge signature rather than recorded giving, so we do not give one. That says nothing about how much they give.
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