Herbert Wertheim
American businessman
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 7/12/2026 (wikidata)
Profile Summary
Herbert Wertheim is an American businessman in Florida with an estimated net worth of ~$3.8B Wikidata. He is a Giving Pledge signatory Giving Pledge and has been associated with Bluegreen Vacations Holding Corp, a real estate company, through SEC filings SEC EDGAR.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC filings show 1,000 filings tied to Bluegreen Vacations Holding Corp, which is classified in real estate, and 453 of those are insider filings SEC EDGAR. The recent filings include multiple Form 4 reports and one Schedule 13G; Form 4 is the SEC filing insiders use to report changes in their holdings, while Schedule 13G is a public disclosure used by certain large shareholders SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
Wertheim is a Giving Pledge signatory Giving Pledge. Foundation filings for family foundations connected to the Wertheim name show $248,322 in total grants paid and $1,418,435 in total assets in 2023, including the Vanessa Wertheim Family Foundation Inc., The Wertheimer Foundation, and the Erica Wertheim Zohar Family Foundation Inc. ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
Federal Election Commission records show 60 contributions totaling $1,840,300 from 1992-02-28 to 2024-11-14 FEC. The largest recipients were TRUMP 47 COMMITTEE, INC. at $924,000 and the Republican National Committee at $412,400, and the party breakdown shows $903,000 to Republicans and $937,300 to PACs/other recipients FEC.
In the News
A 2026 FIU News article about Nicole Wertheim described her as a benefactor of Florida International University and noted her family, including Erica Wertheim Zohar and Dr. Vanessa Wertheim NewsAPI.
U.S. Presence
Philanthropy
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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 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