Lin Bin
Profile Summary
Lin Bin is a technology-industry billionaire associated with the People’s Republic of China, born in 1968, with an estimated net worth of ~$10.9B RTB.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC EDGAR records for Lin Bin Brian list 10 insider-related filings, including Forms 3, 4, and 4/A, as well as Schedule 13D and 13D/A filings SEC EDGAR. Form 3 reports an insider’s initial holdings, Form 4 reports changes in ownership, and amended Form 4 filings correct or update those reports; Schedule 13D filings disclose beneficial ownership stakes of more than 5% and amendments to those disclosures. The filings span companies including Lianluo Smart Ltd., Wuhan General Group (China), Pingtan Marine Enterprise, China Fire & Security Group, and Bitauto Holdings SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
The Bin Charitable Foundation, based in Durham, North Carolina, reported $10,650,484 in total assets for tax year 2015 ProPublica 990. It reported $428,000 in grants paid, $854,333 in revenue, and $585,704 in expenses that year ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
FEC data shows at least 100 federal contributions in the most recent 100 contributions on file; the figures below cover only that sampled set FEC. Those sampled contributions total $1,813.39: $1,288.39 classified as Unknown, $275 as Democratic, and $250 as Republican FEC. The largest listed recipients were ActBlue ($989), WinRed ($299.39), the Republican National Committee ($250), Jon Ossoff for Senate ($200), and Talarico for Texas ($75) 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.
U.S. Presence
Philanthropy
Foundations are matched to a person by name, not by trustee records — so a same-surname family foundation can land here in error. Every entity below links to its full IRS filing; if one doesn’t belong, tell us at hello@skylarkcreations.com and we’ll pull it.
Political Contributions
These figures cover the 100 most recent of 3,172 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 $1,813.39.
Top Recipients (in the sample)
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.
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 giving score 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 record we hold about this person — net worth, SEC filings, foundation 990s, news coverage, Wikidata. It measures our coverage, not how open the person is. Each further kind of record scores higher, up to eight. Political donation records matched to a person by name alone are not counted: they may belong to someone else with the same name. From October 7, 2026, our own AI-written summary and the profile photo are not counted either — neither is a public record — so grades that leaned on them moved down that day.
Data: SEC EDGAR, ProPublica 990s, GDELT / NewsAPI, Wikidata
Formula (v2): Giving score = 65% x Philanthropy + 35% x Data coverage
Scored on 10/16/2026 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.