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While tech stocks were busy setting records in 2025, the executives behind those companies were equally busy turning their paper fortunes into actual cash \u2014 more than $16 billion worth<\/a>, according to Bloomberg\u2019s analysis of insider trading data.<\/p>\n Jeff Bezos led the way. The Amazon founder sold 25 million shares for $5.7 billion in June and July, right around the time he was getting hitched to Lauren Sanchez in Venice. Oracle\u2019s former CEO Safra Catz wasn\u2019t far behind at $2.5 billion, followed by Michael Dell at $2.2 billion.<\/p>\n Nvidia\u2019s Jensen Huang watched his company become the world\u2019s first $5 trillion business, and sold $1 billion along the way. Arista Networks CEO Jayshree Ullal cashed out nearly $1 billion as demand for the company\u2019s high-speed networking gear soared and her personal net worth crossed $6 billion.<\/p>\n Most of these sales happened through pre-arranged trading plans that executives file in advance; they weren\u2019t spur-of-the-moment decisions. Meta\u2019s Mark Zuckerberg sold $945 million through his foundation, while Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora and Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt each pocketed over $700 million.<\/p>\n The common thread was an AI-fueled rally that kept pushing tech stocks higher throughout the year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n