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Ben Silbermann

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AIProfile Summary

Ben Silbermann, born in 1982 and based in California, is associated with the media industry and has an estimated net worth of ~$1.3B RTB. SEC records identify him as an insider filer connected to Pinterest, Inc. (PINS) SEC EDGAR.

Business & SEC Activity

SEC EDGAR lists 147 insider filings for Silbermann connected to Pinterest. Recent filings include Form 4 reports, which disclose changes in an insider's ownership of company securities, and Form 144 notices, which indicate a proposed sale of restricted or control securities SEC EDGAR.

Philanthropy

Silbermann is listed as a signatory of the Giving Pledge.

Political Activity

FEC records show eight contributions totaling $37,100 between August 25, 2016, and October 13, 2020 FEC. The party breakdown was $21,900 to Democratic recipients, $12,500 to recipients with an unknown party designation, and $2,700 to Republican recipients; the largest listed recipients were Hillary Victory Fund ($12,500), DNC Services Corp./Democratic National Committee ($9,800), Brynne Kennedy for Congress ($5,600), Biden for President ($2,800), and Dr. Shah for Congress ($2,700) FEC.

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.

AI-generated summary from fec, gdelt, rtb, giving_pledge, sec_edgar — 9/13/2026 (gpt-5.6-terra). All claims are derived from the source data shown below.

USU.S. Presence

residenceSan Francisco, California

FECPolitical Contributions

$37KTotal Contributed
8Contributions
2016–2020Date Range

By Party

Democratic
$22K
Unknown
$13K
Republican
$3K

Every party on file is listed here. The bars are rounded for display; unrounded they total exactly $37,100.

Top Recipients

HILLARY VICTORY FUND$13K
DNC SERVICES CORP./DEM. NAT'L COMMITTEE$10K
BRYNNE KENNEDY FOR CONGRESS$6K
BIDEN FOR PRESIDENT$3K
DR. SHAH FOR CONGRESS$3K

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 9/13/2026) (fec)Dispute

SECSEC Filings

147Total Filings
147Insider Filings
68EDGAR Mentions
0001773914Personal CIK

Associated Companies

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Recent Insider Filings

4FORM 4
6/25/2026
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6/24/2026
144xsl144X01/primary_doc.xml
6/23/2026
4FORM 4
6/17/2026
144xsl144X01/primary_doc.xml
6/17/2026
144xsl144X01/primary_doc.xml
6/16/2026
4FORM 4
6/10/2026
144xsl144X01/primary_doc.xml
6/10/2026
144xsl144X01/primary_doc.xml
6/9/2026
4FORM 4
6/4/2026
Source: SEC EDGAR — regulatory filings · latest on record (retrieved 6/27/2026) (sec_derived)Dispute

SCOREGiving score

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