Never Mind Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s Stock Sales. Look What Microsoft’s CEO Just Did.

Barrons ^ | November 30, 2021 | Al Root

[SunkenCiv]

A lot has been made of Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s stock sales, but Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently sold a chunk of stock that is a much larger portion of his total holdings.

Nadella sold about half his stake in Microsoft (ticker: MSFT), according to recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The CEO unloaded 838,584 shares on Nov. 22 and 23, netting him about $285 million. He has about 831,000 Microsoft shares left, worth roughly $280 million.

It isn’t clear why he sold. Microsoft didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on the sales or to make Nadella available to discuss them. Investors are left to debate whether Nadella is diversifying his holdings, paying capital-gains taxes in 2021, ahead of potential tax increases proposed by the Biden administration, or selling for another reason.

Regardless of the reason, the sale is significant. It represents a large portion of his total pay and holdings. Nadella’s total reported compensation over the past three years amounts to about $137 million, including more than $93 million worth of stock.

Microsoft doesn’t award stock options any longer. The company has shifted to performance stock awards that are earned when certain time or performance milestones are hit.

Nadella’s base salary is $2.5 million. That’s cash.

He has been CEO since early 2014.

[SunkenCiv]

Take the pain when there's less of it.

[SunkenCiv]

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+much+us+taxes+go+up+in+2022

[Red Badger]

Gettin while the gettin’s good................

[aces]

Gates china has new system

[teeman8r]

bill gates just informed him that in one year, 8 billion people will be dead, and the dead don’t need computers.

[SpaceBar]

It isn’t clear why he sold...

Perhaps to purchase an original Hunter Biden watercolor?

[SunkenCiv]

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[rellic]

I use Linux and only keep Windows for a very few applications.
You want to gamble you go to Vegas.
I prefer to have things that work.

[Dr. Sivana]

I use Linux and only keep Windows for a very few applications. You want to gamble you go to Vegas. I prefer to have things that work.

I just moved to a dual boot system. I still need Windows for FileMaker Pro. Calc has come a long way, but Writer is certainly no WordPerfect, and can open but not save in WordPerfect format.

I am looking for a good scanned docs/pdf manager. My next sheet fed scanner will have Linux software available, but my old Fujitsu S300 will not die.

[TexasM1A]

Its interesting that three of the biggest Tech companies are all headed by Indians.
Sundai Pichai - Google - Alphabet
Parag AgrawaI - Twitter
Satya Nadella - Microsoft

Must be something in the DNA, or that they are Caste champions and repressive authoritarians at heart.

[Brian Griffin]

Microsoft needs to stop trying to make Windows secure and concentrate on making it responsive.

It should not take five minutes for Google Chrome to start up on Windows. It should take no more than five seconds for a browser to be functional and less than one second for Notepad to be functional.

Microsoft should stop support for the https protocol.

After about 500 security upgrade attempts Microsoft should understand that secure software is beyond its ability to create.

Let Bezos worry about Internet security.

[Brian Griffin]

Asian Indians have taken over software development.

[bankwalker]

Chrome?? 3 seconds for me ... at most ...

[Brian Griffin]

I’d sell every last share if I was him.

[SunkenCiv]

> Microsoft needs to stop trying to make Windows secure and concentrate on making it responsive.

When have they ever done either? /jk

[Brian Griffin]

I have a Compaq Presario CQ57-339WM Notebook PC.

[Dr. Sivana]

After about 500 security upgrade attempts Microsoft should understand that secure software is beyond its ability to create.

Enterprise customers insist they try.

[Jan_Sobieski]

1. They are smart

2. They do exactly what they are told

3. They have no loyalty to American Citizens

[goodnesswins]

He sold because Washington state is implementing a Capital Gains tax after first of year

[bankwalker]

How much memory? What speed processor? Compaq was bought by HP a long time ago.