Oracle CEO Safra Catz has become the leader in insider sales for the second quarter of 2025, selling $1.8 billion worth of stock. Since the beginning of the year, her stock sale gains have reached $2.5 billion - more than Michael Dell and Jeff Bezos. The stock sales coincided with the stock market's rise after the spring turbulence.

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The CEO of Oracle Corp. Safra Catz exercised options and sold more than $1.8 billion worth of stock in the second quarter of this year, wrote Bloomberg, citing Washington Service data. 

If you include the $706 million she generated in the first quarter, Katz's total sales for the year are $2.5 billion, making her the biggest insider seller of the year so far. Her fortune has grown to $4 billion, according to Bloomberg.

Katz's second-quarter stock sales, executed according to a pre-determined trading plan, coincided with the market's recovery late in the quarter after volatility amid the trade war, Bloomberg notes. Oracle shares rose about 56% in the second quarter amid strengthening demand for cloud and AI solutions. 

Who else has taken advantage of the market recovery?

- During the second quarter, Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell sold 10 million shares of the company for $1.2 billion. This is part of his usual strategy - in the fall he already sold two blocks of shares for $2.3 billion, Bloomberg writes. Now Dell's fortune is estimated at $136.9 billion, and he ranks 11th among the world's richest people according to Bloomberg. 

- Amazon founder Jeff Bezos sold $737 million worth of stock during the same period. Bezos' June sale of 3.3 million Amazon shares coincided with his wedding preparations. The June sale was Bezos' first this year, though he also transferred nearly 930,000 shares to nonprofit organizations in 2025. His fortune is estimated by Bloomberg at $245.5 billion.

- Roblox CEO David Bazooka sold more than 7.4 million shares worth $630.9 million, taking advantage of the gaming platform's rising stock price following the success of Grow A Garden. His fortune has grown to $6 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Other notable insider sellers in the second quarter included Nutanix cloud company director Max de Groen (total value of securities sold $421 million), co-president of investment firm Blue Owl Michael Reece ($396 million) and AppLovin director Herald Chen ($341 million), the agency said.

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Insider sales in the second quarter were lower than in the same period last year. According to the Washington Service, about 6,000 insiders sold about $36 billion worth of stock in the most recent quarter, while nearly 9,000 insiders sold $62 billion worth of stock in the second quarter of 2024.

This article was AI-translated and verified by a human editor

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