Ernest Garcia III
billionaire CEO of Carvana
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 7/12/2026 (wikidata)
Profile Summary
Ernest Garcia III is a U.S. billionaire and the CEO of Carvana, a technology-enabled used-car retailer based in the auto sales industry WikidataSEC EDGAR. He was born in 1985 and is based in Arizona Wikidata. His estimated net worth is ~$11.4B Wikidata.
Business & SEC Activity
Carvana’s SEC filings show 1,001 total filings, including 900 insider filings, which indicates frequent insider reporting activity SEC EDGAR. The recent filings listed include Form 4 and Form 144; Form 4 reports changes in insider ownership, while Form 144 is a notice of proposed sale of securities SEC EDGAR. Carvana is classified in the retail-auto dealers and gasoline stations industry SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
The data shows three foundations associated with the name Garcia III: Article Iii Foundation, Aspen Foundation Iii, and Elkes Foundation Iii ProPublica 990. Across the available tax years, these foundations reported $2,738,963 in grants paid and $23,308,866 in total assets ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
The only recorded federal contribution is a $2,400 donation to Quayle for Congress on 2010-07-23 FEC. That contribution went to a Republican recipient, and the party breakdown shows all reported giving in the dataset went to REP FEC.
In the News
No news items were provided in the source data.
U.S. Presence
Philanthropy
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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
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. View on Wikidata