As technology stocks surged to historic highs in 2025, many of the industry’s top executives took advantage of the rally by selling large portions of their holdings, converting stock gains into real cash. An analysis of insider trading data by Bloomberg shows that leading tech figures collectively sold shares worth more than sixteen billion dollars over the course of the year.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos emerged as the biggest seller. Between June and July, he offloaded about twenty-five million Amazon shares valued at roughly five point seven billion dollars, a period that coincided with his high-profile wedding celebrations in Venice. Close behind was Oracle’s former chief executive officer, Safra Catz, who sold shares worth approximately two point five billion dollars, while Dell Technologies founder Michael Dell followed with sales totaling about two point two billion dollars.

Nvidia chief executive officer Jensen Huang also trimmed his stake, selling close to one billion dollars in shares as Nvidia became the first company in the world to reach a five-trillion-dollar market valuation. Similarly, Arista Networks chief executive officer Jayshree Ullal sold nearly one billion dollars in stock, benefiting from soaring demand for the company’s high-speed networking equipment and pushing her personal net worth beyond six billion dollars.

Most of these transactions were carried out under pre-arranged trading plans filed well in advance, rather than spontaneous reactions to market movements. Meta Platforms founder Mark Zuckerberg sold about nine hundred and forty-five million dollars worth of shares through his charitable foundation. Palo Alto Networks chief executive officer Nikesh Arora and Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt also each realized more than seven hundred million dollars from stock sales.

Market analysts point to a powerful, artificial-intelligence-driven rally as the unifying factor behind these sales, with sustained investor optimism continuing to push technology stocks higher throughout the year.

Source: Techcrunch