By Ed Lin Feb 10, 2024, 9:18 am EST In this article AMZN SPX Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos sold 12 million shares of Amazon stock for $2.04 billion. GARETH CATTERMOLE/GETTY IMAGES Amazon AMZN 2.71% .com founder Jeff Bezos has sold $2 billion of the retail and cloud company’s stock, his first sale in more than two years. The sale was disclosed late Friday night. Bezos sold 12 million Amazon shares for $2.04 billion, an average price of $170.21 each, from Feb. 7 to 8. According to a form filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Bezos sold the stock through a Rule 10b5-1(c) trading plan that Amazon had disclosed in its fourth-quarter 10-K form. The company noted that Bezos filed for the plan, covering up to 50 million shares, on Nov. 8, 2023. Such trading plans are typically used by insiders to buy or sell shares without the whiff of bias from a company’s inner workings or deals in the offing. Insiders set the parameters, such as price and volume, and the transactions are automatically executed when the conditions are met. After the latest sales, Bezos continues to own 976 million Amazon shares. He last sold stock in November 2021, at an average price of about $172.70, adjusted for a 20-for-1 stock split that was effective in June 2022. Amazon stock is up 15% so far this year, compared with a 5.4% rise for the S&P 500 SPX 0.57% .
%% No matter how good the company , say its closed over $4 or $5 LOL; sellin' plan is good money management. In other words IF Bill+ Melinda Gates never sold MSFT for US $; that does not mean i never would sell it or MSFT + AMZN should be both 100% buys/even though barchart.com rates them both 100% buy. Interesting old WSJ read \ CEO of an TX oil co that did real well\ went bankrupt ''never sold much @ all\ said that would send wrong message to shareholders'' LOL HUH?? AS if bankrupt is right way to do it LOL. Thanks.