Oracle CEO Tops Bezos, Dell With $1.8 Billion Stock Sale Last Quarter
Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Officer Safra Catz exercised and sold stock options worth more than $1.8 billion in the three months ended June 30, surpassing Bezos' $737 million windfall. Including the $706 million she disposed of in the first quarter, Catz's $2.5 billion total makes her the top insider seller of the year so far, according to data from Washington Service, which tracks such buying and selling. It boosted her net worth to $4 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
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