Florida Files

Officeholders

Ronald Dion DeSantis

2023 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2024-06-28 · 4 pages (text)

Net worth$1,773,158
Income listed$926,900
Real estate$0
Debts listed$16,929
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Other / unclassified 85% $785,500 · HarperCollins Publishers LLC, Premiere Collectibles Books
  • Government & public payroll 15% $141,400 · State of Florida

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 5

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $1,773,158; listed items add up to $1,773,159

Reported net worth: $1,773,158. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $1,773,159. 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 Unusual reporting

Net worth rose from $1,174,331 (2022) to $1,773,158 (2023) — 1.5×

This 2023 filing reports $1,773,158; the same person's 2022 filing reported $1,174,331, a change of $598,827 in 1 year. Listed income for 2023 was $926,900. Inheritances, home values and markets can move net worth a lot, so compare what's listed in each year to see where the change shows up.

What to check
  • Compare the assets listed in each filing: which items are new or much larger?
  • Does listed income explain the change?

Open the 2022 filing to compare →

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

Context Income & business ties

67% of listed income ($625,500) comes from HarperCollins Publishers LLC

Listed income totals $926,900 from 3 sources. The largest is classed as other / unclassified.

What to check
  • Who is this source, and does it have business before the office sought?
  • If the filer owns it, check the business section and secondary income.

Rule: Where the money comes from
“List the name of each source of income that provided you with more than $1,000 of income during”2023 Form 6 instructions, Income ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

Earns from 3 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 $1,773,158 — a millionaire 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

Where to look next

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 Ronald Dion DeSantis

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-06-30$2,073,549
2024 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-07-01$2,087,550
2022 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2023-06-30$1,174,331

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $1,790,088 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $16,929 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $926,900 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
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS L.L.C.Income sourceActive
formed 2005 · last annual report 2026
matched by name

Signature

Signed by
Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
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SHA-256
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Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6
Extraction
parser v0.5.2; 1 value(s) below 80% confidence