John Doerr
American businessman
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 10/11/2026 (wikidata)Dispute
Profile Summary
A net worth stated in this summary may be out of date.
John Doerr is an American businessman in California’s finance industry, born in 1951. He has an estimated net worth of ~$16.1B Wikidata.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC EDGAR lists 387 insider filings for L. John Doerr, including filings connected to QuantumScape, Vera Therapeutics, Coursera, Enphase Energy, and Duolingo SEC EDGAR. Recent records include Form 4 filings through December 2025 and a Form 5 filed in February 2026; Form 4 reports changes in an insider’s ownership of company securities, while Form 5 is an annual statement of certain ownership or transactions SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
Two foundations listed under the Doerr name reported combined assets of $1,454,331 and grants paid of $88,540 for tax year 2023 ProPublica 990. Doerr Foundation Inc. reported $988,026 in assets and $49,850 in grants paid, while The Doerr Family Foundation reported $466,305 in assets and $38,690 in grants paid ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
The most recent 100 federal contribution records on file—part of at least 100 contributions—totaled $1,277,565 and cover December 5, 2024 through June 30, 2026 only FEC. The sampled donations included $832,550 to Democratic recipients, $434,515 with an unknown party designation, and $10,500 to Republican recipients FEC. The largest listed recipients in the sample were Jeffries Victory Fund ($332,200), DSCC ($327,200), and DCCC ($315,200) 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
A June 23, 2026 article reported that Doerr backed British AI firm Isometric in a $40 million funding round NewsAPI.
U.S. Presence
Philanthropy
Foundations are matched to a person by name, not by trustee records — so a same-surname family foundation can land here in error. Every entity below links to its full IRS filing; if one doesn’t belong, tell us at hello@skylarkcreations.com and we’ll pull it.
Political Contributions
These figures cover the 100 most recent of 1,214 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 $1,277,565.
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.
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 giving score 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 record we hold about this person — net worth, SEC filings, foundation 990s, news coverage, Wikidata. It measures our coverage, not how open the person is. Each further kind of record scores higher, up to eight. Political donation records matched to a person by name alone are not counted: they may belong to someone else with the same name. From October 7, 2026, our own AI-written summary and the profile photo are not counted either — neither is a public record — so grades that leaned on them moved down that day.
Data: SEC EDGAR, ProPublica 990s, GDELT / NewsAPI, Wikidata
Formula (v2): Giving score = 65% x Philanthropy + 35% x Data coverage
Scored on 10/16/2026 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