Drew Houston
American Internet entrepreneur
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 7/12/2026 (wikidata)
Profile Summary
Drew Houston is an American internet entrepreneur and the founder of Dropbox, a cloud storage company Wikidata. He was born in 1983 and is based in California Wikidata. His estimated net worth is ~$1.0B Wikidata.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC records show 147 filings tied to Houston, including 145 insider filings connected to Dropbox, Inc. SEC EDGAR. The recent filings include Form 4 and Form 144; Form 4 reports changes in insider ownership, while Form 144 is a notice of proposed sale of securities SEC EDGAR. The filing history shows repeated activity in 2026, including multiple Form 4 and Form 144 submissions SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
Houston is a signatory of The Giving Pledge Giving Pledge. He is linked to three foundations in ProPublica's 990 data: Houston Pearls Foundation, Royalty Houston Foundation, and Houston Ballet Foundation ProPublica 990. The Houston Ballet Foundation reported $38,681,214 in grants paid and $169,925,338 in total assets for tax year 2023, while the other two foundations listed $0 in grants paid and $0 in assets ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
FEC records show 86 contributions totaling $542,325.33 from 2011-04-25 to 2021-01-31 FEC. The largest recipients were the Hillary Victory Fund, DNC Services Corp./Dem. Nat'l Committee, Democratic Hope Fund, Obama Victory Fund 2012, and DSCC FEC. The party breakdown shows $267,509.52 to DEM, $2,115.81 to DFL, and $272,700 to PAC/Other FEC.
In the News
Recent coverage reports that Houston stepped down as CEO of Dropbox after 19 years leading the company NewsAPI. Articles describe him as the Dropbox founder and note that he was 24 when he became the first tech entrepreneur to take a company from the Y Combinator incubator program to the public stock market NewsAPI.
U.S. Presence
Philanthropy
Political Contributions
By Party
Top Recipients
SEC Filings
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