Tech billionaires cashed in $16 billion in 2025 as stocks soar

While technology stocks were busy setting records in 2025, the executives behind those companies were just as busy turning their paper fortunes into more than $16 billion worth of actual cash, according to a Bloomberg analysis of insider trading data.

Jeff Bezos led the way. The Amazon founder sold 25 million shares for $5.7 billion in June and July, around the time of his marriage to Lauren Sanchez in Venice. Former Oracle CEO Safra Catz wasn’t far behind with $2.5 billion, followed by Michael Dell with $2.2 billion.

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang watched his company become the world’s first $5 trillion company, selling $1 billion along the way. Arista Networks CEO Jayshree Ullal has cashed in nearly $1 billion as demand for the company’s high-speed networking equipment surges and her personal net worth surpasses $6 billion.

Most of these sales occurred through pre-arranged trading plans offered by executives in advance; They were not spur-of-the-moment decisions. Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg sold $945 million through his foundation, while Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora and Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt each took in more than $700 million.

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