As tech stocks soared to unprecedented heights in 2025, the leaders of those companies were just as active converting their paper wealth into real money—over $16 billion in total, based on an analysis of insider trading data. Jeff Bezos topped the list. The Amazon founder offloaded 25 million shares for $5.7 billion in June and July, coinciding with his marriage to Lauren Sanchez in Venice.

Not far behind was Oracle’s former CEO Safra Catz, with $2.5 billion in sales, followed by Michael Dell at $2.2 billion. Jensen Huang of Nvidia oversaw his firm’s rise as the world’s first $5 trillion company while selling $1 billion in shares himself. At Arista Networks, CEO Jayshree Ullal cashed out nearly $1 billion as demand for the company’s high-speed networking equipment surged and her personal net worth exceeded $6 billion.

The majority of these transactions were executed under pre-arranged trading plans filed in advance by executives, rather than being impulsive decisions. Mark Zuckerberg of Meta sold $945 million through his foundation, while Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora and Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt each realized over $700 million from their sales.

A consistent theme across these moves was an AI-driven market rally that continued to lift tech stock values throughout the year.