Ryan Horton
Profile Summary
Ryan Horton is a Texas-based real estate billionaire born in 1973, with an estimated net worth of ~$2.3B RTB. SEC records connect him to D.R. Horton, Inc. (ticker: DHI), an operating company in the builders sector, and show extensive filing activity, including many insider ownership reports SEC EDGAR.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC filings identify D.R. Horton, Inc. as an operating company in the operative builders industry, and list 1,002 total filings tied to the entity SEC EDGAR. The recent filing list is dominated by Form 4 reports, which are SEC statements of changes in beneficial ownership of securities; 775 insider filings are recorded, indicating frequent insider ownership reporting SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
ProPublica 990 data shows three foundations associated with Horton: the Horton Foundation, Zachary Horton Foundation, and Horton Family Foundation ProPublica 990. In tax year 2023, they reported a combined $244,355 in grants paid and $121,430 in total assets ProPublica 990. The Horton Foundation reported $1,900 in grants paid, the Zachary Horton Foundation reported $130,455, and the Horton Family Foundation reported $112,000 ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
FEC records show 88 contributions totaling $3,001.90 from 2016-02-29 to 2025-12-22 FEC. The largest recipients were GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INC. EMPLOYEE PAC - GRANITEPAC, ActBlue, WinRed, Biden for President, and Entergy Corporation Political Action Committee FEC. The party breakdown shows $260 to Democrats and $2,741.90 marked as Unknown, so most giving is not assigned to a party in the data FEC.
In the News
Recent news results tied to the name Ryan Horton are limited and mostly unrelated to the billionaire profile, with two validated local UK articles about a prison officer named Ryan Horton who died in a crash NewsAPI. The other returned headlines are unrelated entertainment and local news items, and the average sentiment across the small set is slightly positive NewsAPI.
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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.


