Founders and CEOs cashed in more than $16 billion of stock last year. Here are the top 5 biggest sellers.

Insider stock sales amounted to $16 billion in 2025, according to data from Washington Service. Jeff Bezos cashed in nearly $6 billion of Amazon stock throughout the year. Detailed below are the top five sellers of 2025, ranked by proceeds. 2025 was — on the whole — a good time to cash in profits on stock positions, considering the S&P 500 finished 16% higher. The gains were even bigger in tech, particularly for companies with their wagons hitched to the red-hot AI trade, which lifted the likes of ...