Florida Files

Officeholders

Donald Jay Gaetz

2023 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2024-05-29 · 9 pages (text)

Net worth$34,939,773
Income listed$1,857,545
Real estate$17,659,00010 properties
Debts listed$0
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Other / unclassified 42% $784,063 · Truist Investment Services Inc, The First Bancshares/Computershare, Sandestin Investments LLC, Treveron Inc, Igor Bogunovic
  • Real estate 38% $696,966 · Midland National Life Insurance Co, Seaside Cottage Rental Agency
  • Investments & retirement 10% $194,776 · Merrill Lynch Investments, Merrill Lynch, Nationwide Retirement Solutions, Florida Retirement System, Social Security Administration
  • Banking, mortgage & lending 10% $181,740 · Cadence Bank, Community Bank of Mississippi, Hancock Whitney Bank, Synovus Bank, The First A National Banking Assn, Trustmark National Bank, Capital Bank and Trust/American Funds

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 4

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $34,939,773; listed items add up to $34,943,060

Reported net worth: $34,939,773. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $34,943,060. They roughly agree.

What to check
  • No action needed unless other items look off.

Rule: Net worth vs. listed items
“Simply subtracting your liabilities from your assets will not result in an accurate net worth figure in most cases.”2023 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

Earns from 14 separate employers or businesses

Several distinct earned-income sources (excluding investments, retirement and Social Security).

What to check
  • Are any of these sources connected to each other or to the office sought?

Rule: Several earned-income sources

How this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Reports a net worth of $34,939,773 — very wealthy on paper

Net worth is the filer's own figure. Being wealthy isn't a problem; it's context for comparing candidates and for reading the rest of the form.

What to check
  • Compare with the other candidates in the race.
  • Check that the large assets below are described and valued clearly.

Rule: Net worth tier
“Report your net worth as of”2023 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Real estate worth $17,659,000 across 10 properties (51% of net worth)

Real estate holdings, as listed.

What to check
  • Look the parcels up with the county property appraiser: land use (vacant or improved), assessed value and when they were bought.
  • Check whether any listed liability is a mortgage on these properties.

Rule: Real estate holdings
“Real property: Identify by providing the street address of the property.”2023 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Where to look next

Some of what this filing reports stands out. These links open official public records, built from what the filer disclosed. They're searches you run yourself — results may include other people or companies with similar names.

Their filings

Businesses they disclosed

Other filings by Donald Jay Gaetz

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-06-29$36,409,662
2024 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-06-30$34,784,826
2023 Form 6F — annual (Commission on Ethics)2023-11-29$33,351,846
2022 Form 6X — annual (Commission on Ethics)2023-07-03$32,942,713
2022 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics) · amended later2023-06-29$31,696,149

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $34,621,620 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $0 listed

Reported as “N/A”.

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $1,857,545 listed

Elected to attach federal tax return instead:

Primary sources

SourceAddressAmount

Secondary sources (major customers of businesses owned)

Reported as “N/A”.

Interests in specified businesses

Reported as “N/A”.

Companies on the state register

Companies this filing names, as the Division of Corporations lists them. Their role is shown when the filer is an officer or registered agent. A company matched by name only is shown just when it's active. How these are matched

CompanyNamed asState recordTheir role
TRUIST INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.Income sourceActive
formed 1986 · last annual report 2026
matched by name
SANDESTIN INVESTMENTS, LLCIncome sourceActive
formed 2009 · last annual report 2026
matched by name
TREVERON, INC.Income sourceActive
formed 1992 · last annual report 2026
President, Registered agent

Signature

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Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
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Pages
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Extraction
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