Mark Zuckerberg sells nearly $190 million in Metas shares
The bulk of the shares sold were acquired in 2004 as part of a founder stock purchase. Nearly 150,000 of the shares sold were acquired for $0 on the days they were sold through the exercising of options acquired in 2013, according to the report.
Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg sold around $190 million in the company's stock last month, the media reported. Zuckerberg sold Meta shares every day in November, for a total of 560,180 shares last month, reports Market Watch.
According to Form 4 filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), he placed orders to sell another 28,009 shares on November 29. With the stock closing of $327.15, the value of the shares sold would be $192.9 million, the report noted.
The bulk of the shares sold were acquired in 2004 as part of a “founder stock purchase.” Nearly 150,000 of the shares sold were acquired for $0 on the days they were sold through the exercising of options acquired in 2013, according to the report. Meta registered $34 billion in revenue in its third quarter, up 23 per cent from the same quarter last year.
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