John Stanton
Profile Summary
John Stanton, born in 1955, is a Washington-based technology industry billionaire with an estimated net worth of ~$2.4B RTB. SEC records show 242 insider filings tied to his personal CIK, including recent Form 4 reports, which are the SEC’s statements of changes in beneficial ownership of securities SEC EDGAR.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC filings link Stanton to several companies, including Costco Wholesale, Remitly Global, Valero Energy, Owlet, and Spur Ranch SEC EDGAR. The filing data identifies him as an insider filer, and the recent reports are Form 4 filings, which disclose when insiders buy or sell shares or otherwise change their holdings SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
Three Stanton-named foundations reported a combined $37,924,933 in grants paid and $91,028,981 in total assets ProPublica 990. The largest, The Stanton Foundation in New York, reported $37,685,020 in grants paid in tax year 2023 and $87,007,391 in total assets, while the Michigan and Texas foundations reported much smaller grant totals ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
FEC records show 100 contributions totaling $81,194.92 from 2025-05-03 to 2025-12-31 FEC. Most of the money went to Republican recipients or committees, with $21,346.10 tagged to REP, $800 to DEM, and $59,048.82 marked Unknown FEC.
In the News
GDELT returned 54 total results for John Stanton, but none were validated in the provided dataset NewsAPI.
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Associated Companies
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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.