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.
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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.