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Former Secretary, Department of Defense
Mark Esper Financial disclosures
Esper has disclosed no individual-stock trades in the filings read through October 12, 2026.
Not every official trades individual stocks. Many hold their assets in funds, bonds, or a blind trust, which do not produce the kind of transaction this page tracks.
Net worth
A net worth for Mark Esper cannot be computed from this filing: values are given as ranges, some items carry no value, and a home kept for personal use is not reported.
Disclosed holdings
Disclosed assets
$2.8M to $9.7M
as ranges on 68 line items, plus 17 without a dollar value
Disclosed liabilities
$365K to $800K
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. The filer’s own notes on these debts:
- SunTrust Mortgage 1: “My wife and I co-owned this residence with another couple, before selling it in May 2020.”
- SunTrust Mortgage 2: “My wife and I co-owned this residence with another couple, before selling it in May 2020.”
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.