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John Paul DeJoria
TexasRetailGiving Pledge
Not graded
insufficient data
~$3.0B
Profile Summary
John Paul DeJoria is a U.S. retail entrepreneur, born in 1944, with an estimated net worth of ~$3.0B RTB. News coverage identifies him as a co-founder of John Paul Mitchell Systems and Patrón Spirits NewsAPI.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC records identify DeJoria as an insider filer with 26 insider filings among 29 total filings. Recent records include Form 4 filings in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025; a Form 4 reports changes in an insider’s ownership of a public company’s securities. The filings also include Schedule 13D and amended Schedule 13D reports in 2023 and 2024, which disclose beneficial ownership of more than 5% of a public company’s shares and updates to that disclosure SEC EDGAR.
Political Activity
Federal records show 53 contributions totaling $180,160 from August 1998 through June 2025. The party breakdown was $101,360 to recipients with unknown party affiliation, $51,000 to Republican recipients, and $27,800 to Democratic recipients; the largest listed recipients were MAHA PAC ($50,000), Ted Cruz for Senate ($29,200), Ted Cruz Victory Fund ($15,000), Doggett for Congress ($10,600), and Doggett for US Congress ($10,200) 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.
In the News
In August 2026, The National Herald reported that The Hellenic Initiative planned to honor DeJoria at its November 21 New York gala. An Economic Times article published the same day described his business career and reported that he had previously experienced homelessness NewsAPI.
U.S. Presence
residenceAustin, Texas
Political Contributions
$180KTotal Contributed
53Contributions
1998–2025Date Range
By Party
Every party on file is listed here. The bars are rounded for display; unrounded they total exactly $180,160.
Top Recipients
MAHA PAC$50K
TED CRUZ FOR SENATE$29K
TED CRUZ VICTORY FUND$15K
DOGGETT FOR CONGRESS$11K
DOGGETT FOR US CONGRESS$10K
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.
SEC Filings
29Total Filings
26Insider Filings
266EDGAR Mentions
0000897610Personal CIK
Associated Companies
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Recent Insider Filings
4OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT
6/27/20254OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT
2/3/20254OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT
5/20/2024SC 13D/ASC 13D/A
5/20/20244OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT
7/21/2023SC 13D/ASC 13D/A
7/21/20234OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT
5/26/2023SC 13DSC 13D
5/26/20234OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT
8/24/2022SC 13D/ASC 13D/A
8/24/2022News Coverage
Coverage window: 2026-08-20 · retrieved 8/22/2026
Giving score
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