Jeff Yass
U.S.-American money manager
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 8/23/2026 (wikidata)
Profile Summary
Jeff Yass is a U.S. money manager in the finance industry, born in 1958 and based in Pennsylvania. He has an estimated net worth of ~$65.7B Wikidata.
Business & SEC Activity
News coverage describes Yass's fortune as tied to TikTok's parent company GDELT. The available data identifies him as a money manager but does not provide further details about his investments or business holdings Wikidata.
Political Activity
The available FEC records include at least 100 federal contributions; the figures below cover only the most recent 100 records in the sample, so they do not represent his full giving history FEC. Those sampled contributions total $84,992,602.50, including $24.5 million to Club for Growth Action, $16 million to MAGA Inc., $12.5 million to Protect Freedom Political Action Committee, $12.2 million to School Freedom Fund, and $10 million to V-PAC: Victors, Not Victims FEC. The sample's recipient classification lists $807,900 under REP and $84,184,702.50 under PAC/Other; these figures also cover only the sampled records FEC.
In the News
The available news feed lists 35 results and includes two validated articles, dated May 19 and June 17, 2026 GDELT. The articles report that Yass and Janine Yass offered scholarships to students from closing Philadelphia schools, and that Yass was described as Byron Donalds's largest donor GDELT.
U.S. Presence
Political Contributions
These figures cover the 100 most recent federal contributions on file, not the full record. The total, party split, top recipients and dates below are all computed over that sample, so each is a floor rather than a complete figure.
By Party (in the sample)
Top Recipients (in the sample)
Matched to this person by contributor name as filed with the FEC. Contributions filed under the same name by someone else can appear here; we do not yet corroborate against employer or state.
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
No giving data on file. That is a gap in our sources, not a finding that this person gives nothing — and because the component still counts as zero, it holds this score down. Know of a gift we are missing? Tell us and we will source it.
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 8/31/2026 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