Former Secretary, Department of Commerce
Wilbur L. Ross
First Trump administration.
- Assets disclosed
- At least $233M
- Outside pay
- Not shown
- Trades disclosed
- 21
- Took office
- Feb 2017
Assets disclosed: on the 2021 termination filing. The values on Ross’s latest financial disclosure to the Office of Government Ethics, added up as ranges, because the form gives ranges and never exact values.
Outside pay: shown for the current administration only. What the latest form reports was paid to the official to the dollar, outside the public salary, which is set by law.
Trades disclosed: Jan 2019 to Sep 2020. Transactions on 278-T reports and annual reports, which include a spouse’s and dependent children’s.
Took office: no leaving date on record.
Outside pay is kept for the current administration only. The Office of Government Ethics drops officials from its public portal after they leave, and by law it destroys most reports six years after they are filed. We saved some earlier reports before they went, but no complete set for any earlier administration survives, and a partial record shown as if it were whole would mislead.
Start date: the cabinet record.
Largest holdings
On the 2021 termination filing
- Art CollectionAt least $50M
- U.S. Treasury Securities Broker 1 (at Citibank)At least $50M
- U.S. Treasury Securities (at UBS)At least $50M
- U.S. Treasury Securities Broker 3 (at Citibank)$25M to $50M
- Spouse’s employmentiShares Russell 2000 ETF$5M to $25M
- Assets listedEach with a value range
- 69
- Without a valueListed with no dollar range
- 54
Trades
Disclosed on periodic and annual reports, by year
- Bought100% of trades
- 21
- Sold0% of trades
- 0
0 of the 11 trades with a filing date to check were reported after 45 days plus any extension the filing states. The other 10 carry no filing date that can be checked.
The executive financial disclosure reports the official’s transactions together with those of a spouse and dependent children, and does not mark which is which. These trades are shown as disclosed. They should not be read as the official personally trading.
What was traded
- Funds and ETFs
5% of trades
1 - Bonds
24% of trades
5 - Other assets
71% of trades
15
Past the deadline
0
Of the 11 trades with a filing date to check, after 45 days plus any extension the filing states
Estimated volume
$9.8M
The forms give each trade as a range of dollars. This adds the low end of every range, so the real volume is at least this and could be much more.
Net worth
Reported as ranges, so no single net worth
- Disclosed assets
- At least $233M
- Disclosed liabilities
- $1M to $2M
A net worth for Wilbur L. Ross cannot be computed from this filing: values are given as ranges, some items carry no value, the highest range has no upper limit, and a home kept for personal use is not reported.
- Disclosed assets:
- as ranges on 69 line items, plus 54 without a dollar value; 3 of those ranges are open ended
- Disclosed liabilities:
- as ranges on 3 line items
These are the lower and upper bounds of the ranges on the filing, not a market valuation. Assets and liabilities are shown separately and are never netted into a net worth. How these bands are read
The form lists each debt over $10,000 owed at any time during the period it covers, including one repaid before the period ended. A few kinds are left off, such as a debt to a close relative.
Kept since Aug 28, 2026. Federal law generally requires a filing to be destroyed six years after it was received, unless it is needed in an ongoing investigation.
Disclosures: Office of Government Ethics, read through Oct 24, 2026. Latest filing: 2021 termination filing.
Holdings
On the 2021 termination filing, largest range first
- Art CollectionAt least $50M
- U.S. Treasury Securities Broker 1 (at Citibank)At least $50M
- U.S. Treasury Securities (at UBS)At least $50M
- U.S. Treasury Securities Broker 3 (at Citibank)$25M to $50M
- Spouse’s employmentiShares Russell 2000 ETF$5M to $25M
These are the lower and upper bounds of the ranges on the filing, not a market valuation. Assets and liabilities are shown separately and are never netted into a net worth. How these bands are read
The form lists each debt over $10,000 owed at any time during the period it covers, including one repaid before the period ended. A few kinds are left off, such as a debt to a close relative.
Kept since Aug 28, 2026. Federal law generally requires a filing to be destroyed six years after it was received, unless it is needed in an ongoing investigation.
Disclosures: Office of Government Ethics, read through Oct 24, 2026. Latest filing: 2021 termination filing.
Trades
21 disclosed transactions, Jan 2019 to Sep 2020
What was traded
- Funds and ETFs
5% of trades
1 - Bonds
24% of trades
5 - Other assets
71% of trades
15
Past the deadline
0
Of the 11 trades with a filing date to check, after 45 days plus any extension the filing states
Estimated volume
$9.8M
The forms give each trade as a range of dollars. This adds the low end of every range, so the real volume is at least this and could be much more.
Disclosed transactions
Newest first, five a page, each with its filing
Bought · Unspecified, every row
21 disclosed transactions, 10 of them only in the annual report. Amounts are ranges, never exact, and every row links to the official filing.
0 of the 11 trades with a filing date to check were reported after 45 days plus any extension the filing states. The other 10 carry no filing date that can be checked.
The executive financial disclosure reports the official’s transactions together with those of a spouse and dependent children, and does not mark which is which. These trades are shown as disclosed. They should not be read as the official personally trading.
Disclosures: Office of Government Ethics, read through Oct 24, 2026. Latest filing: 2021 termination filing.