{"id":210844,"date":"2024-03-07T03:36:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T03:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/07\/nvidia-board-members-cash-in-stock-in-the-2-trillion-ai-company-following-blockbuster-27-run-up-in-price\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:21:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:21:08","slug":"nvidia-board-members-cash-in-stock-in-the-2-trillion-ai-company-following-blockbuster-27-run-up-in-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/07\/nvidia-board-members-cash-in-stock-in-the-2-trillion-ai-company-following-blockbuster-27-run-up-in-price\/","title":{"rendered":"Nvidia board members cash in stock in the $2 trillion AI company following blockbuster 27% run up in price"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/content.fortune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-1820547400-e1709781058832.jpg?w=2048\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"articleContent\">\n<p>Board members at Nvidia\u2014 the AI company no one can stop talking about that is at the forefront of the tech evolution\u2014are reaping the benefits of a runup in the company\u2019s stock. Shares in the company traded at $887 today, up 26.5% this month alone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n<p>Four insiders sold holdings via multiple transactions in the past four weeks, SEC filings show. They joined<a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2024\/02\/27\/the-great-cashout-jeff-bezos-leon-black-jamie-dimon-and-the-walton-family-have-now-sold-a-combined-11-billion-in-company-stock-this-month-some-for-the-first-time-ever\/?utm_source=search&amp;utm_medium=suggested_search&amp;utm_campaign=search_link_clicks\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-47dba8f0-0 iRbseu styledLinkColor \"> a growing list<\/a> of executives who have unloaded billions in company stock in recent months. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon logged his first-ever stock sale last month to the tune of $150 million, while Amazon founder Jeff Bezos sold $8.5 billion in Amazon stock. Meta Platforms founder Mark Zuckerberg sold $1.2 billion and private equity founder Leon Black made his first-ever sale worth $172.8 million.<\/p>\n<p>On the Nvidia board, Tench Coxe, former managing director at venture capital investment firm Sutter Hill Ventures,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1045810\/000122520824003814\/xslF345X05\/doc4.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-47dba8f0-0 iRbseu styledLinkColor \"> sold<\/a> $170 million in company stock in three transactions yesterday. As a director, Coxe earns restricted stock valued at $255,000 annually and $85,000 in cash. Coxe has been an Nvidia board member since 1993.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, board member Mark Stevens<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1045810\/000104581024000050\/xslF345X05\/wk-form4_1709768756.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-47dba8f0-0 iRbseu styledLinkColor \"> offloaded<\/a> 12,000 shares of stock worth $10.2 million this week after shedding 15,000 shares last month, worth about $12 million. Stevens is managing partner at private family office investment firm S-Cubed Capital and was previously a partner at VC investment company Sequoia Capital. Stevens was a director from 1993 to 2006 and rejoined the board in 2008. Stevens previously sold 36,000 shares in January when the stock was about $546 for about $19.7 million.<\/p>\n<p>Another board member, Mark Perry,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1045810\/000104581024000040\/xslF345X05\/wk-form4_1709071584.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-47dba8f0-0 iRbseu styledLinkColor \"> sold<\/a> 15,000 shares for about $11.9 million on Feb. 23, just two days after the company reported earnings on Feb. 21. Perry has been a director for nearly a decade and is a consultant for nonprofits and former CEO at biopharmaceutical company Aerovance.<\/p>\n<p>Harvey Jones, a longtime director who also joined the board in 2003, carved off a portion of his stake in the company for about $53 million. Jones is managing partner of Square Wave Ventures.<\/p>\n<p>Despite their sales, Coxe, Jones, Stevens and Perry still have significant stakes in the AI chip developer. Coxe holds around 4.1 million shares, Jones holds nearly a million shares, Perry holds 152,000 and Stevens holds 4.4 million shares. CEO Jensen Huang holds about 86 million shares in the company, a 3.5% stake.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Amazon CEO Andrew Jassy sold 50,000 shares in Amazon this week for about $9 million. 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