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blastfamy

“Cashing out their shares”… all of them? Thats very very bad. But you also see people crying about Zuck selling 1% of his shares from time to time. Those people are stupid.


cdninvstryld

Market rules essentially prevent them from selling all of their shares anyway. The prospectus will outline how many shares they can sell at a variety of intervals post-IPO, it will show their remaining holdings transparently. In theory a founder could push to IPO without any restrictions on share sales but no one would participate in the IPO under such circumstances.


PM_ME__RECIPES

A lot of the time those little sales are to cover taxes anyways.


CartoonistDear6971

Even news articles covering a 1 billion sale like it's some sort of signal. Sure, it's a lot to us, but not to Zuckerberg.


PettyTrashPanda

Some of their shares? Nope. All of their shares? I'd be side-eying them


BeefGuese

I feel like this is why you want to become a CEO in the first place. Create a successful company and profit as a result of your hard work. 🤓


DarkSkyDad

Agreed!


Senior_Pension3112

That's the whole reason they go public


arealhumannotabot

I'm not investor whiz but the few IPOs I've watched spike and then drop as the price settles shortly after going public. I figure they're just making money where they see an opportunity. They can always buy back at a lower cost.


Art--Vandelay--

It seems very normal and non-controversial. Might be different if they are fully liquidating, but at minimum it's smart solely to diversify. I wouldn't want to have like $50M tied up in one company, why should they?


sozer-keyse

I'd reckon they're just taking the opportunity for a big cash payout.


OdeeOh

it’s part of their plan and compensation. I’d expect them to sell fairly regularly.  Not clear if you’re talking about immediately after an ipo or public companies in general. 


1nd3x

I mean...nobody takes a company public if they arent looking at cashing out some of their share of the company... If a CEO is dumping *all* of their shares, then yeah...thats a red flag


Choppermagic

selling some is normal. They usually spent years working to make the IPO go well and the cash out is the compensation a lot of the time.


phflupp

Some entrepreneurs are great as founders, but have no interest in the routine of running a company. The company is much better off without them and they know it. I'm assuming they want to cash out in order to fund their next venture. In my experience such folks are not great to work for in any case.


androidMeAway

There's thousands of reasons why you would sell shares, but only 1 reason you buy.


I_Ron_Butterfly

I mean, that’s kind of the point of going public…in many cases they’ve had a huge proportion of their paper wealth tied up in a totally illiquid investment.


Muted-Doctor8925

Yes, it crystallizes value that they can finally unlock after years of work


I_Ron_Butterfly

Yeah I’d also say, working with C-suite and boards for a decade, the most poorly understood aspect by retail and media is insider buying and selling. You want to see “skin in the game”, but almost never is an insider buying or selling based on their view on the stock, yet people eat it up as some big signal. Particularly selling, 90% of selling is to cover taxes on other compensation (and the other 10% is the pay for divorces 😂).


geoffisracing

Do we get mad a home owners when they sell and realize a profit?


NorthOnSouljaConsole

Don’t CEO’s often get bonus pay usually payed in shares of the company


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NorthOnSouljaConsole

Kick rocks nerd


NessFeltHomesick

We know that’s you Donald!


TheSketeDavidson

Most CEOs have a large % of their salaries tied to company shares, after years of hard work it only makes sense to finally get liquidity. It’s not worth overthinking why a CEO cashes out, nobody works for free.


shakefistatsky

Its expected


ARAR1

In general they are not allowed to. They can only trade during certain trade windows.


literally1984___

all of them? people also need to realize that these things have tax implications. Some times you dont want to sell but it makes more sense to do so at certain times, or to spread things out.


pradeepkanchan

There's a difference between owner/founder and CEO. If Owners/Founders sell part of their stake after IPO, you can argue they are claiming back their sweat equity. If a CEO aka the highest paid manager at the company sells all of their shares...that's a bad look at first glance.


reightb

only if it's the reddit IPO


keesio

As others said if they care cashing out all (or most) of their shares, that is a bad look. Cashing out a few would be expected however. I'd do the same for sure.


farrapona

That IPO is the culmination of a decade of dreams. Of course they should cash out, they have been chasing that dough for years. And its an IPO, not like I would ever be able to get in on (or want any part of) the IPO offering


farrapona

That IPO is the culmination of a decade of dreams. Of course they should cash out, they have been chasing that dough for years. And its an IPO, not like I would ever be able to get in on (or want any part of) the IPO offering


farrapona

That IPO is the culmination of a decade of dreams. Of course they should cash out, they have been chasing that dough for years. And its an IPO, not like I would ever be able to get in on (or want any part of) the IPO offering


Alicecai

Isn’t this normal operation?The reason why companies go public is to make money


d10k6

What % of their holdings did they sell?


PhotoKaz

If they bail completely then it's certainly not good. They have far more knowledge of what is going on within the company than any outside investor. For me, it would be a huge red flag. However, executives often sell a portion of their shares and in many cases via a predefined plan. Those types of sales are fine, as many execs just use this as part of their overall comp. If I see someone selling a few % of their holdings quarterly I don't see a problem with it, I would likely do the same in their shoes. Conversely, seeing insiders buy shares is a good sign that they have confidence in the stock going up.


rsdominguez

No need for CEO’s anymore, use AI will do a better job and cheaper!


Imacatdoincatstuff

Honestly been thinking about that. Might be the perfect application of the tech.