Kenneth Langone
American businessman
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 7/12/2026 (wikidata)
Profile Summary
Kenneth Langone is an American businessman born in 1935, with an estimated net worth of ~$9.3B Wikidata. He is identified in the data as an insider filer with 274 SEC filings, and his recent filings include Form 4 reports and Schedule 13D/A amendments SEC EDGAR. He is also a Giving Pledge signatory The Giving Pledge.
Business & SEC Activity
The SEC data shows 274 insider filings under the name LANGONE KENNETH G, including recent Form 4 filings and Schedule 13D/A amendments SEC EDGAR. Form 4 is the SEC filing insiders use to report changes in their holdings, while Schedule 13D/A is an amendment to a filing used when someone has a significant stake in a company SEC EDGAR. The filings list Geeknet, Inc. among the companies connected to the record SEC EDGAR.
Political Activity
Federal Election Commission records show 100 contributions totaling $1,413,061.89 from 2025-02-10 to 2025-12-31 FEC. Most of the reported money went to PACs and other committees, with $1,176,200 in that category, compared with $235,861.89 to Republican recipients and $1,000 to Democratic recipients FEC. The largest listed recipients were SLF PAC and GROW THE MAJORITY at $500,000 each FEC.
In the News
No validated news articles were returned in the provided dataset NewsAPI.
U.S. Presence
Political Contributions
By Party
Top Recipients
SEC Filings
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. View on Wikidata