Riley P. Bechtel
American billionaire heir and businessman
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 8/30/2026 (wikidata)
Profile Summary
Riley P. Bechtel is an American billionaire heir and businessman in the diversified industry. He was born in 1952, is based in California, and has an estimated net worth of ~$10.8B Wikidata.
Business & SEC Activity
Bechtel is identified as a businessman and billionaire heir in the diversified industry. The supplied data does not specify the businesses or assets underlying his wealth Wikidata.
Philanthropy
The Riley & Susan Bechtel Foundation reported $63.5 million in total assets, $4.2 million in revenue, and $3.0 million in expenses for tax year 2023. It paid $2.9 million in grants that year ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
Federal Election Commission records show 75 contributions totaling $260,265 from January 29, 1981, through April 20, 2017. The records list $130,300 to Republican recipients, $7,500 to Democratic recipients, $3,200 to independent recipients, and $119,265 to PACs or other recipients; the largest named recipients were the NRCC at $33,400 and the Bechtel Group, Inc. Political Action Committee at $28,610 FEC.
U.S. Presence
Philanthropy
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Political Contributions
By Party
Top Recipients
Matched by name only. These are the donations the FEC lists under this person’s name — so a different person with the same name can show up here too.
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 8/31/2026 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