Tech billionaires banked $16 billion in 2025 as stocks soar

While tech stocks were busy setting records in 2025, the executives of these companies were also busy turning their paper fortunes into real money – more than Worth $16 billionaccording to Bloomberg’s 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, just as he married 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 saw his company become the world’s first $5 trillion company and sold $1 billion along the way. Jayshree Ullal, CEO of Arista Networks, raked in nearly $1 billion as demand for the company’s high-speed networking equipment soared and her personal net worth surpassed $6 billion.

Most of these sales occurred under pre-established business plans that executives file in advance; these were not impulsive 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 pocketed more than $700 million.

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