Tech billionaires cashed out $16 billion in 2025 as stocks soared

City: San Francisco: In 2025, tech stocks hit new highs and billionaires made big money. They sold more than $16 billion in stocks. Jeff Bezos sold 25 million shares for $5.7 billion just after his wedding. Safra Catz from Oracle sold $2.5 billion and Michael Dell sold $2.2 billion. Nvidia’s Jensen Huang sold $1 billion as his company became the world’s first $5 trillion business.

Jayshree Ullal, CEO of Arista Networks, sold nearly $1 billion, making her worth over $6 billion. Most of these sales were planned in advance. Mark Zuckerberg from Meta sold $945 million, while Nikesh Arora from Palo Alto Networks and Baiju Bhatt from Robinhood each made over $700 million. The big sales were connected to a rise in tech stocks driven by AI.