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Last updated: 15 December 2023 at 6:12pm EST

John Thompson Net Worth




The estimated Net Worth of John Wendell Thompson is at least $78.3 Million dollars as of 5 August 2014. Mr. Thompson owns over 23,194 units of Microsoft stock worth over $11,540,108 and over the last 21 years he sold MSFT stock worth over $66,187,777. In addition, he makes $552,500 as Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board at Microsoft.

Mr. Thompson MSFT stock SEC Form 4 insiders trading

John has made over 160 trades of the Microsoft stock since 2003, according to the Form 4 filled with the SEC. Most recently he bought 23,194 units of MSFT stock worth $1,000,125 on 5 August 2014.

The largest trade he's ever made was exercising 408,856 units of Microsoft stock on 24 January 2005 worth over $666,435. On average, John trades about 33,954 units every 13 days since 2003. As of 5 August 2014 he still owns at least 27,279 units of Microsoft stock.

You can see the complete history of Mr. Thompson stock trades at the bottom of the page.





John Thompson biography

John Wendell Thompson is an Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of the Company. He previously lead independent director, became independent Chairman of our Board of Directors in February 2014. He was Chief Executive Officer of Virtual Instruments, a privately-held company that provides infrastructure performance analytics for virtualized and private cloud computing environments from 2010 until it merged with Load DynamiX in March 2016. Since 2009, Mr. Thompson has been an active investor in early-stage technology companies in Silicon Valley. Mr. Thompson served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Symantec Corp. beginning in 1999, helping transform Symantec into a leader in security, storage and systems management solutions. Mr. Thompson stepped down as Chief Executive Officer of Symantec in 2009, and left Symantec’s board of directors in 2011. Previously, Mr. Thompson held leadership positions in sales, marketing, and software development at IBM, including general manager of IBM Americas. He was a member of IBM’s Worldwide Management Council. Qualifications: Mr. Thompson has a wealth of leadership experience in the technology industry, including areas such as cloud computing and information security that are important to Microsoft’s strategic direction. As the former Chief Executive Officer of Virtual Instruments, he understands the critical importance of performance and reliability in physical, virtual, and cloud computing environments. During his 10-year tenure as Chief Executive Officer of Symantec, Mr. Thompson oversaw its transformation into a leader in security, storage, and systems management solutions for individual consumers and large enterprises. Through his senior leadership experiences at Virtual Instruments, Symantec, and IBM, he has expertise in sales, marketing, technology, and operations, including managing a large workforce and overseeing international business operations. Mr. Thompson’s experience also includes service as a director of large public companies.

What is the salary of John Thompson?

As the Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Microsoft, the total compensation of John Thompson at Microsoft is $552,500. There are 8 executives at Microsoft getting paid more, with Satya Nadella having the highest compensation of $42,910,200.



How old is John Thompson?

John Thompson is 70, he's been the Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Microsoft since 2014. There are no older and 24 younger executives at Microsoft.

What's John Thompson's mailing address?

John's mailing address filed with the SEC is C/O MICROSOFT CORPORATION, ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND, WA, 98052-6399.

Insiders trading at Microsoft

Over the last 18 years, insiders at Microsoft have traded over $221,384,324,312 worth of Microsoft stock and bought 4,153,065 units worth $166,702,181 . The most active insiders traders include William H Iii Gates, Stephen J Luczo, and G Mason Value Act Holdings,.... On average, Microsoft executives and independent directors trade stock every 10 days with the average trade being worth of $604,263,990. The most recent stock trade was executed by Takeshi Numoto on 10 September 2024, trading 2,500 units of MSFT stock currently worth $1,027,600.



What does Microsoft do?

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Microsofts best-known software products are the Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft Office suite, and the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers.



What does Microsoft's logo look like?

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Complete history of Mr. Thompson stock trades at Illumina Inc, Microsoft, Seagate Technology Plc, NiSource Inc, and United Parcel Service

Date
#
Company
 Insider
Trans.
Transaction
 Shares Price per share Total value Shares after Source
5 Aug 2014 MSFT Microsoft Corporation John Wendell Thompson
Director
 Buy 23,194 $43.12 $1,000,125
5 Aug 2014
27,279 ↗
2 May 2013 UPS United Parcel Service, Inc. John Wendell Thompson
Director
 Option 8,880 $85.34 $757,819
2 May 2013
17,135 ↗
21 Mar 2013 UPS United Parcel Service, Inc. John Wendell Thompson
Director
 Option 1,521 $83.00 $126,243
21 Mar 2013
9,384 ↗
9 Feb 2012 UPS United Parcel Service, Inc. John Wendell Thompson
Director
 Option 1,334 $60.22 $80,333
9 Feb 2012
8,907 ↗
10 Nov 2010 UPS United Parcel Service, Inc. John Wendell Thompson
Director
 Option 1,411 $56.90 $80,286
10 Nov 2010
8,961 ↗
9 Feb 2010 UPS United Parcel Service, Inc. John Wendell Thompson
Director
 Buy 17,421 $57.40 $999,965
9 Feb 2010
18,546 ↗
15 May 2009 UPS United Parcel Service, Inc. John Wendell Thompson
Director
 Option 610 $51.99 $31,714
15 May 2009
7,433 ↗
16 May 2008 UPS United Parcel Service, Inc. John Wendell Thompson
Director
 Option 746 $70.77 $52,794
16 May 2008
6,687 ↗


Microsoft executives and stock owners

Microsoft executives and other stock owners filed with the SEC include: