Joe Lonsdale
Profile Summary
Joe Lonsdale has an estimated net worth of ~$3.2B. RTB SEC filings identify him as the reporting person on filings connected to ContextLogic, Blend Labs, Senti Biosciences, Formation8 Partners Fund I, and Formation8 GP. SEC EDGAR
Business & SEC Activity
SEC EDGAR shows nine filings under Lonsdale’s name, including eight insider filings. SEC EDGAR Those filings include a Schedule 13G ownership report filed February 8, 2023; a Form 3, which reports an insider’s initial holdings; and Form 4 filings, which report changes in an insider’s holdings, filed from December 2020 through November 2021. SEC EDGAR
Political Activity
FEC filings show at least 100 federal contributions in the most recent 100 contributions on file, totaling $433,492 from August 4, 2022, through July 6, 2026; these figures cover only that sample. FEC The sample’s party breakdown was $251,992 to recipients with an unknown party designation, $165,900 to Republican recipients, and $15,600 to Democratic recipients; the largest listed recipients were One Team Senate Majority ($150,000), Cotton Majority Committee ($20,000), Republican Majority Fund ($10,000), America One ($10,000), and Friends of Mike Lee Inc. ($10,000). FEC
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In the News
digg.com reported that Lonsdale said aligned superintelligence could construct spinning black holes to harvest energy with 42% efficiency. NewsAPI austinchronicle.com published a June 2026 article titled “Getting to Know Austin Billionaire Joe Lonsdale.” NewsAPI
U.S. Presence
Political Contributions
These figures cover the 100 most recent of 308 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)
Every party in this sample is listed here. The bars are rounded for display; unrounded they total exactly $433,492.
Top Recipients (in the sample)
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SEC Filings
Associated Companies
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Recent Insider Filings
Giving score
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