---
title: "ACACIA RESEARCH CORP — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ca2cb4b0-fb91-525a-94a2-6db53192fbbc
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ca2cb4b0-fb91-525a-94a2-6db53192fbbc
identifier: sec:0000934549
jurisdiction: US
risk: Medium
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# ACACIA RESEARCH CORP

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** US  
**Identifier:** `sec:0000934549`  
**Risk level:** Medium  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ca2cb4b0-fb91-525a-94a2-6db53192fbbc  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ca2cb4b0-fb91-525a-94a2-6db53192fbbc  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Soncini Jason W.** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e7caa9b8-bbd7-574d-b813-a5b4678b23db
- **Hoover Kirsten** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d27b97a9-dcbe-5877-af23-70d31ac8c909
- **McNulty Martin D. Jr.** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3c246df3-999d-5f5c-bac9-012cce7bbbd8
- **Soncini Jason W.** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e7caa9b8-bbd7-574d-b813-a5b4678b23db
- **Hoover Kirsten** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d27b97a9-dcbe-5877-af23-70d31ac8c909
- **FRYKMAN EDWARD W** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/14f130be-ac7e-5395-8d08-3c1370925d23
- **AKIN THOMAS B** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4fd405e2-e957-5e50-b77c-d07f978568d1
- **GRAZIADIO G LOUIS III** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3b736ed1-c93b-565b-97a0-2cd03b882950
- **DEBOOM FRED A** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d9b90f20-171f-59ff-bdbd-84bd8af83dd1
- **CURRIE F RIDGON** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b1f55194-b905-5779-95c6-6f60b4e18bc6
- **RYAN PAUL R** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f08cf7f7-cabf-5001-93c6-7f762b14b132
- **RYAN PAUL R** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f08cf7f7-cabf-5001-93c6-7f762b14b132
- **RASAMNY ROBERT** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7fd4a801-9c0b-5cea-9b25-6cc4e9dc7e64
- **MOLINELLI GAVIN** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2b9a2529-00b6-5aed-aa6d-ed8d29bc103b
- **SUNDAR AJAY** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2bf1d480-1c70-5e2d-8e92-d86d850d9ee6
- **FELMAN MICHELLE** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f2eaf90a-3660-5b81-9e6d-241f1f10ad92
- **OCONNELL MAUREEN** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3c668274-dc80-5760-befd-48dd452dca5e
- **McNulty Martin D. Jr.** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3c246df3-999d-5f5c-bac9-012cce7bbbd8
- **SUNDAR AJAY** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2bf1d480-1c70-5e2d-8e92-d86d850d9ee6
- **Soncini Jason W.** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e7caa9b8-bbd7-574d-b813-a5b4678b23db
- **McNulty Martin D. Jr.** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3c246df3-999d-5f5c-bac9-012cce7bbbd8
- **KOHLBERG ISAAC T.** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bf4a7e11-3a15-564f-afb6-a209a31c5008
- **ZAMBITO MICHAEL SIKORYAK** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0f51f0f8-e5c3-532c-a783-303ac33f0a39
- **STARBOARD VALUE & OPPORTUNITY S LLC** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/91c591d7-82fd-51a8-9695-c57c04699b86
- **FELD PETER A** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0375206f-816d-5588-a0c5-5f19a09ca556
- **FELD PETER A** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0375206f-816d-5588-a0c5-5f19a09ca556
- **STARBOARD VALUE L LP** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9e74ebcf-f900-567a-8681-ba8e4fed7227
- **Smith Jeffrey C** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/42d7d981-7412-50e3-8c2c-2d4fe7a80f4a
- **STARBOARD VALUE L LP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9e74ebcf-f900-567a-8681-ba8e4fed7227
- **STARBOARD VALUE R GP LLC** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/268d0755-c602-5a96-bcde-f85280c0c618
- **STARBOARD PRINCIPAL CO LP** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b29c9bfc-be37-5b09-804a-9e5f5b6a2e1e
- **STARBOARD PRINCIPAL CO LP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b29c9bfc-be37-5b09-804a-9e5f5b6a2e1e
- **STARBOARD PRINCIPAL CO GP LLC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/746a361c-92a9-5861-98bc-97d616dae7d1
- **STARBOARD VALUE & OPPORTUNITY C LP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cedab311-4797-56c2-a2c8-1235d6739ecf
- **STARBOARD VALUE LP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1e0f4992-675f-5fe1-bc71-aa72d30cd4d4
- **STARBOARD VALUE R LP** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/50f58119-6cff-5d64-9fa1-81cca15245f8
- **STARBOARD VALUE & OPPORTUNITY S LLC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/91c591d7-82fd-51a8-9695-c57c04699b86
- **RAMIUS VALUE & OPPORTUNITY MASTER FUND LTD** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8efa8909-0711-598c-a3e7-736e8badb854
- **Hoover Kirsten** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d27b97a9-dcbe-5877-af23-70d31ac8c909
- **STARBOARD VALUE & OPPORTUNITY MASTER FUND L LP** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4b921a3e-e035-5b79-bfed-860793aaf824
- **RIBAR GEOFFREY G** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e5602627-ab55-55d4-8270-e34047be6a88
- **STARBOARD VALUE & OPPORTUNITY MASTER FUND L LP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4b921a3e-e035-5b79-bfed-860793aaf824
- **STARBOARD X MASTER FUND LTD** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/68f67e86-04c2-56bc-b5b5-3af0efe38c04
- **STARBOARD VALUE & OPPORTUNITY C LP** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cedab311-4797-56c2-a2c8-1235d6739ecf
- **STARBOARD X MASTER FUND LTD** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/68f67e86-04c2-56bc-b5b5-3af0efe38c04
- **STARBOARD PRINCIPAL CO GP LLC** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/746a361c-92a9-5861-98bc-97d616dae7d1
- **STARBOARD VALUE GP LLC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/067f01a2-4461-56a0-b906-536117da11ab
- **STARBOARD VALUE R LP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/50f58119-6cff-5d64-9fa1-81cca15245f8
- **STARBOARD VALUE R GP LLC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/268d0755-c602-5a96-bcde-f85280c0c618
- **STARBOARD VALUE LP** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1e0f4992-675f-5fe1-bc71-aa72d30cd4d4
- **STARBOARD VALUE GP LLC** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/067f01a2-4461-56a0-b906-536117da11ab
- **RAMIUS VALUE & OPPORTUNITY MASTER FUND LTD** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8efa8909-0711-598c-a3e7-736e8badb854
- **Smith Jeffrey C** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/42d7d981-7412-50e3-8c2c-2d4fe7a80f4a
- **WOLANYK KATHARINE** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/128de159-e969-5fc9-9d2c-4acadfd83f8f
- **SAGAL JONATHAN** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/253fb4e4-f9d2-5b60-8229-08d81d7b0022
- **BOOTH MARC W.** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/54096f77-9756-5926-811a-ff6b0238f34b
- **FELD PETER A** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0375206f-816d-5588-a0c5-5f19a09ca556
- **STARBOARD PRINCIPAL CO GP LLC** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/746a361c-92a9-5861-98bc-97d616dae7d1
- **STARBOARD VALUE GP LLC** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/067f01a2-4461-56a0-b906-536117da11ab
- **Smith Jeffrey C** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/42d7d981-7412-50e3-8c2c-2d4fe7a80f4a
- **STARBOARD PRINCIPAL CO LP** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b29c9bfc-be37-5b09-804a-9e5f5b6a2e1e
- **STARBOARD VALUE LP** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1e0f4992-675f-5fe1-bc71-aa72d30cd4d4
- **GOLBY LAWRENCE WESLEY** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6d0e7ac0-a994-54d8-8a87-f579bf86a427
- **PRESS CLIFFORD** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6e0fefcc-516e-5a9a-916a-4385d383aca0
- **PRESS CLIFFORD** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6e0fefcc-516e-5a9a-916a-4385d383aca0
- **ROSENSTEIN RICHARD JAY** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3f6e7435-0949-54f9-bf18-37f9f298a032
- **SIMMONS MEREDITH A.** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/499ef693-a8f7-596c-9550-c10b0a66cc4e
- **TOBIA ALFRED VICTOR JR.** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c03cfc57-08eb-57dc-b508-0afdea6686c1
- **TOBIA ALFRED VICTOR JR.** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c03cfc57-08eb-57dc-b508-0afdea6686c1
- **RINALDINI LUIS E.** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c6c6bb49-61ed-5b1d-bf92-78526372376e
- **BRADLEY C ALLEN JR** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5fe4c4d3-efa7-546a-9377-56e8156e3245
- **DAVIS JOSEPH E.** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/18c46678-f261-58a2-b0d2-af3a3060d084
- **HAYNES CLAYTON J** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ebd00d87-a421-5cd7-a4da-c96d7de4ccb8
- **FALZONE PAUL** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2c588f87-4dfa-5299-b7c6-626cd7755da5
- **STEWART ROBERT B JR** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/755cfb54-9564-57ff-b517-64270cea8782
- **TRESKA EDWARD JOSEPH** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7f22c885-f74c-5d55-825d-02dd0463230b
- **SANDERS JAMES F** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1a23b5f1-ab34-5e0f-b147-29ca0ef99637
- **WALSH FRANK E III** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/09d35ac1-0455-5f77-b9cf-eef45b464234
- **GRAZIADIO G LOUIS III** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3b736ed1-c93b-565b-97a0-2cd03b882950
- **ANDERSON WILLIAM S.** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f93a2a56-78d0-5cdc-9d63-04d3eba4649c
- **HAYNES CLAYTON J** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ebd00d87-a421-5cd7-a4da-c96d7de4ccb8
- **TRESKA EDWARD JOSEPH** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7f22c885-f74c-5d55-825d-02dd0463230b
- **KEY MARVIN E** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/458fe019-f61e-53e3-9a22-7e7a2dc56e1d
- **HARRIS ROBERT L II** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7d358ff1-8eec-5ab8-b500-038ba524eda2
- **HARRIS ROBERT L II** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7d358ff1-8eec-5ab8-b500-038ba524eda2
- **VELLA MATTHEW** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0f6bd481-e043-5656-9651-a575a0aa3e92
- **VELLA MATTHEW** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0f6bd481-e043-5656-9651-a575a0aa3e92
- **LEE DOOYONG** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3a915fb6-5bab-508b-8927-3c4b14c8253f
- **KUMAR AMIT** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/41ad1611-a97a-5205-a763-e894787151fa
- **KUMAR AMIT** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/41ad1611-a97a-5205-a763-e894787151fa
- **BERMAN ROBERT ANDREW** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c5a6d3ca-4ef3-5f24-93e0-b4355151b4fc
- **MARXE AUSTIN W & GREENHOUSE DAVID M** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9ac6eb0c-0d33-5e17-9d9e-aa6c1990fcfd

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **EVOFEM BIOSCIENCES, INC.** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e8889380-2043-5eff-b6d8-a16129d5c9ca
- **DRIVE SHACK INC.** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/24d4cd99-1f5b-5207-be3f-ee5bcf323754
- **Veritone, Inc.** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7892f052-e10e-59d3-af81-74366c4646b8
- **Veritone, Inc.** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7892f052-e10e-59d3-af81-74366c4646b8

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **92-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **ACACIA RESEARCH CORP**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ca2cb4b0-fb91-525a-94a2-6db53192fbbc · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ca2cb4b0-fb91-525a-94a2-6db53192fbbc._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._