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Thai Lee
Korean American billionaire businesswoman
TexasTechnology
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~$7.5B
Est. Net Worth
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 7/12/2026 (wikidata)
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 7/12/2026 (wikidata)
Profile Summary
Thai Lee is a Korean American billionaire businesswoman based in Texas, with an estimated net worth of ~$7.5B Wikidata. The available data identifies her as a U.S. billionaire in the technology industry, born in 1958 Wikidata. SEC records show one personal filing and a Form 3 filing in 2016, which is the filing insiders use to report an initial ownership position in a company SEC EDGAR.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC data shows one insider filing tied to Thai Lee and a company record for Thai Lee Family Trust, but no operating-company filings are listed in the provided data SEC EDGAR. A Form 3 is an SEC ownership disclosure used when an insider first reports holdings, so the filing indicates a reported ownership interest rather than a transaction SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
Three foundations associated with Lee reported total grants paid of $423,079 and total assets of $3,974,709 across the latest available tax years ProPublica 990. The Lee & Lee Foundation reported $95,100 in grants paid in 2023 on $12,989 in assets, the Lee Foundation in Baton Rouge reported $205,500 in grants paid in 2022 on $3,479,476 in assets, and the Lee Foundation in Davenport reported $122,479 in grants paid in 2023 on $482,244 in assets ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
Federal Election Commission records show 100 contributions totaling $2,928.43 from 2024-07-27 to 2025-12-13 FEC. Of that total, $825 went to Harris for President and $300 to Harris Victory Fund, while $1,803.43 went to ActBlue and the rest was categorized as PAC/Other; the named candidate donations in the data went to Democratic recipients FEC.
In the News
The provided news results do not include articles about Thai Lee. The headlines returned are general market and unrelated local news items from Bloomberg Business, Forbes, Sun.Star Network Online, and Herald net NewsAPI.
U.S. Presence
otherU.S. economic presence
Philanthropy
$4.0MFoundation Assets
$423KGrants Paid
3Foundations
Lee & Lee FoundationLos Angeles, CA
Education (IRS NTEE B82)
Assets: $13KRevenue: $100KGrants: $95KTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit ExplorerLee FoundationBaton Rouge, LA
Private independent foundation (IRS NTEE T22)
Assets: $3.5MRevenue: $161KGrants: $206KTax Year: 2022
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit ExplorerLee FoundationDavenport, IA
Assets: $482KRevenue: $-1,258Grants: $122KTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit ExplorerPolitical Contributions
$3KTotal Contributed
100Contributions
2024–2025Date Range
By Party
Top Recipients
ACTBLUE$2K
HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT$825
HARRIS VICTORY FUND$300
SEC Filings
1Total Filings
1Insider Filings
44EDGAR Mentions
0001402692Personal CIK
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
33
8/25/2016Recent News
4Total Articles
Bloomberg BusinessTop Source
NeutralAvg. Sentiment
Score Breakdown
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Public Benefit Score
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.
Philanthropy65% weight
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
Transparency35% weight
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