Herbert Wertheim

American businessman

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Giving Score

~$3.8B

Est. Net Worth (as of 2025)
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 10/11/2026 (wikidata)Dispute

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Herbert Wertheim is an American businessman with an estimated net worth of ~$3.8B. He is identified in news coverage as an optometrist and the founder of optical-lens technology manufacturer Brain Power Inc. Wikidata NewsAPI

Business & SEC Activity

SEC EDGAR search results are associated with Bluegreen Vacations Holding Corp., an operating company in the real-estate sector, and list 1,000 filings and 453 insider filings. Recent records include a Schedule 13G, which reports certain beneficial ownership stakes, and multiple Form 4 filings, which report insiders' transactions in company securities. SEC EDGAR

Philanthropy

The Dr Herbert Wertheim Foundation For Humanity Inc. is listed in Miami, Florida. The available foundation record reports $0 in assets, revenue, expenses, and grants paid. ProPublica 990

In the News

News coverage reported that Wertheim bought Ferrari's one-off Luce electric vehicle for $40 million at auction during Monterey Car Week. The report said Ferrari planned to direct the auction proceeds to education projects through its Ferrari Foundation. NewsAPI

AI-generated summary from propublica_990, gdelt, newsapi, wikidata, sec_edgar, fec, giving_pledge — 9/25/2026 (gpt-5.6-terra). All claims are derived from the source data shown below.

USU.S. Presence

otherU.S. economic presence

990Philanthropy

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.

$0Foundation Assets

$0Grants Paid

1Foundation

Dr Herbert Wertheim Foundation For Humanity IncMiami, FL

Assets: $0Revenue: $0Grants: $0

Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer

Source: ProPublica (990) — annual filing · latest on record (retrieved 8/1/2026) (proPublica_990)Dispute

FECPolitical Contributions

$1.9MTotal Contributed

63Contributions

1992–2026Date Range

By Party

Unknown

$942K

Republican

$918K

Every party on file is listed here. The bars are rounded for display; unrounded they total exactly $1,860,300.

Top Recipients

TRUMP 47 COMMITTEE, INC.$924K

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE$412K

RESTORE OUR NATION (RON PAC)$15K

UTAH REPUBLICAN PARTY$10K

MISSISSIPPI REPUBLICAN PARTY$10K

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.

Source: FEC — contribution filings · latest on record (retrieved 9/12/2026) (fec)Dispute

SECSEC Filings

1,000Total Filings

453Insider Filings

14EDGAR Mentions

Associated Companies

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BFC FINANCIAL CORP

Levan Partners LLC

Recent Insider Filings

SC 13Gus0963081015_012924.txt

1/29/2024

1/17/2024

Source: SEC EDGAR — regulatory filings · latest on record (retrieved 6/27/2026) (sec_derived)Dispute

NEWSNews Coverage

Coverage window: 2026-07-23 to 2026-08-20 · retrieved 8/22/2026

Ferrari's Luce EV fetches $40M at auctionMILAN, Italy -- Ferrari has sold at auction a one-off, bespoke version of the Luce, its first fully electric vehicle (EV), for $40 million, the Italian luxury sports carmaker said, adding that the money will be used for education projects to help young people. US billionaire investor and Ferrari collector Herbert Wertheim, an optometrist and founder of optical lens technologies manufacturer Brain Power Inc., bought the vehicle at an auction during Monterey Car Week. The auction, in partnership with RM Sotheby's, came as Ferrari seeks to build momentum behind the Luce, which was unveiled in May as the most radical product launch in the company's history, but was met with a lukewarm reception. At its launch, the 550,000-euro ($638,400) five-seat, four-door EV triggered a heated debate among Ferrari enthusiasts, analysts and on social media, drawing criticism from purists over its unconventional styling and its break with the marque's combustion-engine heritage. The reaction prompted questions about whether wealthy clientele would embrace a fully electric Ferrari, but the company last month said it was "very pleased" with orders for the Luce, although it did not provide figures. The auction price for the one-off vehicle -- known as "Chassis 0" and created by Ferrari's Tailor Made division and design center -- set a world record for a new car sold at auction, the company said on Sunday. The price exceeded the $26 million fetched by a one-off Ferrari Daytona SP3, which was also bought by Wertheim last year. The company said proceeds from the sale would support education projects in the United States and elsewhere through its Ferrari Foundation. reuters

The Manila times·8/18/2026·

Wertheim gives $100M to Baptist Health cancer center, FIU partnership

Palm Beach Daily News·7/23/2026·

Meet Herbert Wertheim, the Billionaire Who Paid $40M for Ferrari's First EV

Observer·8/20/2026·

Source: NewsAPI — retrieved 8/22/2026 (newsapi)Dispute

SCOREScore Breakdown

Giving score

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.

Philanthropy65% weight

15%

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

Data coverage35% weight

63%

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