Ben Lamm
Profile Summary
Ben Lamm is a Texas-based technology entrepreneur born in 1981, with an estimated net worth of ~$3.9B RTB. Recent coverage describes him as the CEO of a startup working on woolly mammoth de-extinction efforts NewsAPI.
Business & SEC Activity
Lamm is identified in recent reporting as the CEO of a startup valued at $10.2 billion NewsAPI. The available data does not include a fuller business history, so only this current role and valuation can be stated.
Philanthropy
The data shows three foundations tied to the Lamm name with combined assets of $1,392,192 and total grants paid of $108,245 in the latest available filings ProPublica 990. One foundation reported $0 in grants, $0 in revenue, $0 in expenses, and $0 in assets for its filing record, while the other two reported 2023 grants of $63,025 and $45,220 ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
Federal Election Commission records show 47 contributions totaling $8,460.20 from 1992 to 2024 FEC. The giving was split across parties and categories, including $3,500 to Democratic recipients, $3,574.40 to Republican recipients, $500 to Libertarian recipients, and $885.80 to PAC/other recipients FEC.
In the News
Recent coverage from The Times of India says Ben Lamm is the billionaire CEO behind a startup trying to bring back the woolly mammoth, and it cites the company at a $10.2 billion valuation NewsAPI. The article date in the dataset is 2026-06-23 NewsAPI.
U.S. Presence
Philanthropy
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.
Political Contributions
We’re not showing contributions here, because we can’t prove they’re this person’s. We match federal contributions by name only, and this record includes donations dated before Ben Lamm was old enough to give — so some or all of it belongs to someone with the same name. The FEC’s own records are public and unchanged; it’s our matching we don’t trust, so we’re withholding it rather than publishing a number we can’t stand behind.
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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 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.