Last updated: 28 February 2024 at 7:36pm EST

Martin Cole Net Worth




The estimated Net Worth of Martin I Cole is at least $16.4 Million dollars as of 14 November 2020. Mr. Cole owns over 91 units of Western Digital stock worth over $1,423,905 and over the last 13 years he sold WDC stock worth over $14,589,270. In addition, he makes $370,676 as Independent Director at Western Digital.

Mr. Cole WDC stock SEC Form 4 insiders trading

Martin has made over 18 trades of the Western Digital stock since 2012, according to the Form 4 filled with the SEC. Most recently he exercised 91 units of WDC stock worth $5,761 on 14 November 2020.

The largest trade he's ever made was exercising 216,389 units of Western Digital stock on 30 September 2019 worth over $13,699,588. On average, Martin trades about 8,215 units every 39 days since 2011. As of 14 November 2020 he still owns at least 22,491 units of Western Digital stock.

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





Martin Cole biography

Martin I. Cole is Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Cole served as the chief executive of the technology group of Accenture plc, a leading global management consulting and professional services company, with responsibility for the full range of Accenture’s technology consulting and outsourcing solutions and delivery capabilities, including its global delivery network, from March 2012 until he retired in August 2014. Mr. Cole currently serves as a senior adviser to 3i Group plc. Previously, Mr. Cole served as the chief executive of Accenture’s communications, media and technology operating group from September 2006 to March 2012, the chief executive of its government operating group from September 2004 to August 2006, the managing partner of its outsourcing and infrastructure delivery group from September 2002 to August 2004 and in a variety of capacities at Accenture since 1980. Within the last five years, Mr. Cole served as a director of Cloudera, Inc. and as its board chairman. He also served as its interim chief executive officer from July 2019 to January 2020. Mr. Cole brings to our Board extensive senior executive leadership experience across a variety of business sectors and geographies. This demonstrates his ability to provide strategic advice and lead multiple teams across a variety of business sectors, and provides him with wide-ranging insights, including relating to technology solutions, which are an important part of our business.

What is the salary of Martin Cole?

As the Independent Director of Western Digital, the total compensation of Martin Cole at Western Digital is $370,676. There are 10 executives at Western Digital getting paid more, with David V. Goeckeler having the highest compensation of $4,605,575.



How old is Martin Cole?

Martin Cole is 64, he's been the Independent Director of Western Digital since 2014. There are 1 older and 18 younger executives at Western Digital. The oldest executive at Western Digital Corp. is Kathleen Cote, 71, who is the Independent Director.

What's Martin Cole's mailing address?

Martin's mailing address filed with the SEC is 7001, East Belleview Avenue, Denver, Colorado, 80237, United States.

Insiders trading at Western Digital

Over the last 21 years, insiders at Western Digital have traded over $1,067,319,902 worth of Western Digital stock and bought 27,500 units worth $1,076,675 . The most active insiders traders include Ltd Hitachi, Matthew E Massengill, and Arif Shakeel. On average, Western Digital executives and independent directors trade stock every 12 days with the average trade being worth of $2,605,586. The most recent stock trade was executed by Gene M. Zamiska on 3 September 2024, trading 2,169 units of WDC stock currently worth $134,391.



What does Western Digital do?

wd, a western digital company, is a long-time innovator and storage industry leader. as a storage technology pacesetter, the company produces reliable, high-performance hard disk drives and solid state drives. these drives are deployed by oems and integrators in desktop and mobile computers, enterprise computing systems, embedded systems and consumer electronics applications, as well as by the company in providing its own storage products. wd’s leading storage devices and systems, networking products, media players and software solutions empower people around the world to easily save, store, protect, share and experience their content on multiple devices. wd was established in 1970 and is headquartered in irvine, calif. for more information, please visit the company’s website at www.wd.com.



What does Western Digital's logo look like?

Western Digital Corp. logo

Complete history of Mr. Cole stock trades at Western Digital, Accenture plc, Cloudera Inc, and Western Union

Date
#
Company
Insider
Trans.
Transaction
Shares Price per share Total value Shares after Source
14 Nov 2020 Martin I Cole
Director
Option 91 $41.47 $3,774
14 Nov 2020
22,491
7 Nov 2019 Martin I Cole
Director
Option 202 $53.24 $10,754
7 Nov 2019
17,637
2 Nov 2018 Martin I Cole
Director
Option 73 $47.74 $3,485
2 Nov 2018
12,490
1 Nov 2017 Martin I Cole
Director
Option 98 $89.24 $8,746
1 Nov 2017
9,709
3 Nov 2016 Martin I Cole
Director
Option 140 $55.14 $7,720
3 Nov 2016
5,522
3 Nov 2015 Martin I Cole
Director
Option 44 $68.53 $3,015
3 Nov 2015
2,100
31 Dec 2019 Martin I Cole
Interim CEO
Option 181,766 $11.63 $2,113,939
31 Dec 2019
381,308
30 Sep 2019 Martin I Cole
Interim CEO
Option 216,389 $8.86 $1,917,207
30 Sep 2019
281,466
15 Mar 2018 Martin I Cole
Interim CEO
Option 12,900 $19.82 $255,678
15 Mar 2018
48,252
30 Oct 2017 Martin I Cole
Interim CEO
Buy 20,000 $15.25 $305,000
30 Oct 2017
50,000
25 Oct 2017 Martin I Cole
Interim CEO
Buy 30,000 $15.07 $452,100
25 Oct 2017
30,000
15 Jun 2017 Martin I Cole
Interim CEO
Option 3,750 $16.11 $60,413
15 Jun 2017
35,352
1 Jul 2014 Martin I Cole
Grp Chief Exec-Comm and HighTech
Sale 33,333 $81.40 $2,713,306
1 Jul 2014
59,785
1 Apr 2014 Martin I Cole
Grp Chief Exec-Comm and HighTech
Sale 33,333 $79.30 $2,643,307
1 Apr 2014
93,118
24 Dec 2013 Martin I Cole
Grp Chief Exec-Comm and HighTech
Sale 33,334 $81.07 $2,702,387
24 Dec 2013
119,545
2 Oct 2012 Martin I Cole
Grp Chief Exec-Comm and HighTech
Sale 33,000 $69.84 $2,304,720
2 Oct 2012
104,074
3 Jul 2012 Martin I Cole
Grp Chief Exec-Comm and HighTech
Sale 33,000 $60.83 $2,007,390
3 Jul 2012
137,906
27 Mar 2012 Martin I Cole
Grp Chief Exec-Comm and HighTech
Sale 34,000 $65.24 $2,218,160
27 Mar 2012
170,755


Western Digital executives and stock owners

Western Digital executives and other stock owners filed with the SEC include: