William Wrigley Jr
Profile Summary
William Wrigley Jr. is a U.S. billionaire in Florida with an estimated net worth of ~$3.6B RTB. SEC records identify him as an insider filer tied to Hyatt Hotels Corp. and show 53 filings under his personal CIK, with the recent filings all being Form 4 reports SEC EDGAR. Form 4 is the SEC filing insiders use to report changes in their holdings, so this record indicates repeated insider reporting activity SEC EDGAR.
Business & SEC Activity
The available data links him to Hyatt Hotels Corp. SEC EDGAR. A news item says he turned a free gum giveaway in the 1890s into a billion-dollar empire, which is the only business-history detail provided here NewsAPI.
Political Activity
FEC records show 56 contributions totaling $929,200 from 1984-02-23 to 2024-06-24 FEC. The largest reported recipients were TRUMP 47 COMMITTEE, INC. ($250,000), the Republican National Committee ($167,500), AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. ($150,000), NEVER BACK DOWN INC. ($100,000), and KEYSTONE RENEWAL PAC ($50,000) FEC. The party breakdown shows $323,600 to Republican recipients, $6,600 to Democratic recipients, and $599,000 to PAC/Other FEC.
In the News
A validated news result from May 6, 2026 repeats the business-history theme that William Wrigley Jr. accidentally turned a free gum giveaway into a billion-dollar empire 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.