Richard Uihlein
American businessman
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 8/30/2026 (wikidata)
Profile Summary
Richard Uihlein is an American businessman in the manufacturing industry who was born in 1945 and is based in Illinois. He has an estimated net worth of ~$6.2 billion. Wikidata
Business & SEC Activity
SEC records associated with the data list Galectin Therapeutics Inc., a pharmaceutical-preparations company, with 1,002 filings and 586 insider filings. Forms 3, 4, and 4/A report insider ownership or transactions, while Form 144 is a notice of a proposed sale of restricted or control securities; the records include multiple recent filings of these types. SEC EDGAR
Political Activity
The most recent 100 federal contribution records show at least 100 contributions, totaling $90,781,671 within that sample; these figures cover only the sampled records and are not his full contribution history. The largest sampled recipients were Restoration PAC ($53,685,251), Restoration of America PAC ($22,466,721), Club for Growth Action ($6,425,000), Fair Courts America ($5,999,999), and Northwoods Future PAC ($1,000,000). The sample was heavily categorized as PAC/Other ($90,039,871), compared with $741,800 categorized as Republican contributions. FEC
U.S. Presence
Political Contributions
These figures cover the 100 most recent 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)
Top Recipients (in the sample)
Matched by name only. These are the donations the FEC lists under this person’s name — so a different person with the same name can show up here too.
SEC Filings
Associated Companies
Entities appearing alongside this person in SEC full-text search — an association, not necessarily ownership or control. Follow each link to the primary SEC record to judge for yourself.
Recent Insider Filings
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
No giving data on file. That is a gap in our sources, not a finding that this person gives nothing — and because the component still counts as zero, it holds this score down. Know of a gift we are missing? Tell us and we will source it.
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. View on Wikidata