Tech billionaires released $16 billion in 2025 as stocks soared

While tech stocks were busy setting records in 2025, the company’s executives were busy turning their money into real money — more than that. $16 billionaccording to a Bloomberg analysis of insider trading data.

Jeff Bezos led the way. The founder of Amazon sold 25 million shares for $ 5.7 billion in June and July, during which he was captured by Lauren Sanchez in Venice. The former CEO of Oracle, Safra Catz, was not far behind with $ 2.5 billion, followed by Michael Dell at $ 2.2 billion.

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang saw his company become the world’s first $5 trillion business, with $1 billion in sales along the way. Arista Networks CEO Jayshree Ullal lost nearly $1 billion as demand for the company’s network equipment skyrocketed and its net worth exceeded $6 billion.

Most of these sales were made through pre-planned trading plans that management scrapped ahead of time; it was not an immediate decision. Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg netted $945 million through his foundation, while Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora and Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt netted more than $700 million.

The common thread was the AI-fueled rally that continued to push stocks higher throughout the year.