Last updated: 23 May 2024 at 9:06am EST

Robert Willett Net Worth




The estimated Net Worth of Robert Willett is at least $4.59 Million dollars as of 16 February 2024. Mr. Willett owns over 11,304 units of Cognex stock worth over $737,165 and over the last 16 years he sold CGNX stock worth over $0. In addition, he makes $3,848,830 as President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director at Cognex.

Mr. Willett CGNX stock SEC Form 4 insiders trading

Robert has made over 49 trades of the Cognex stock since 2012, according to the Form 4 filled with the SEC. Most recently he exercised 11,304 units of CGNX stock worth $433,848 on 16 February 2024.

The largest trade he's ever made was exercising 200,000 units of Cognex stock on 31 July 2020 worth over $4,040,000. On average, Robert trades about 36,917 units every 54 days since 2008. As of 16 February 2024 he still owns at least 19,207 units of Cognex stock.

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





Robert Willett biography

Robert J. Willett serves as President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of the Company. He has served as a director and Chief Executive Officer of Cognex since 2011. Mr. Willett joined our company in 2008 as President of the Modular Vision Systems Division, and was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer in 2010. He came to Cognex from Danaher Corporation, a diversified manufacturer of industrial controls and technologies, where he served as Vice President of Business Development and Innovation for the Product Identification Business Group and as President of Videojet Technologies, a leader in coding and marking products. Prior to that, Mr. Willett served as Chief Executive Officer of Willett International Ltd., a coding and marking company that was sold to Danaher and merged with Videojet. Mr. Willett currently serves as a director of Clean Harbors, Inc. (CLH), a publicly held company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Willett holds a B.A. from Brown University, and an M.B.A. from Yale University.

What is the salary of Robert Willett?

As the President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of Cognex, the total compensation of Robert Willett at Cognex is $3,848,830. There are no executives at Cognex getting paid more.



How old is Robert Willett?

Robert Willett is 52, he's been the President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of Cognex since 2011. There are 13 older and 1 younger executives at Cognex. The oldest executive at Cognex Corp. is Karl Krantz, 77, who is the Independent Director.

What's Robert Willett's mailing address?

Robert's mailing address filed with the SEC is ONE VISION DRIVE, , NATICK, MA, 01760.

Insiders trading at Cognex

Over the last 31 years, insiders at Cognex have traded over $32,341,506 worth of Cognex stock and bought 17,020 units worth $663,010 . The most active insiders traders include Robert Willett, Robert J Shillman, and Jerald Fishman. On average, Cognex executives and independent directors trade stock every 26 days with the average trade being worth of $890,723. The most recent stock trade was executed by Dennis Fehr on 4 September 2024, trading 6,570 units of CGNX stock currently worth $249,923.



What does Cognex do?

cognex corporation designs, develops, manufactures and markets a range of products that incorporate sophisticated machine vision technology that gives them the ability to "see."​ cognex products include barcode readers, machine vision sensors and machine vision systems that are used in factories, warehouses and distribution centers around the world to guide, gauge, inspect, identify and assure the quality of items during the manufacturing and distribution process. cognex is the world's leader in the machine vision industry, having shipped more than 900,000 vision-based products, representing over $3.5 billion in cumulative revenue, since the company's founding in 1981. headquartered in natick, massachusetts, usa, cognex has regional offices and distributors located throughout north america, japan, europe, asia and latin america. for details visit cognex online at http://www.cognex.com.



What does Cognex's logo look like?

Cognex Corp. logo

Complete history of Mr. Willett stock trades at Cognex and Clean Harbors

Date
#
Company
Insider
Trans.
Transaction
Shares Price per share Total value Shares after Source
16 Feb 2024 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 11,304 $38.13 $431,022
16 Feb 2024
19,207
16 Feb 2023 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 6,782 $55.31 $375,112
16 Feb 2023
9,943
16 Feb 2022 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 4,522 $64.12 $289,951
16 Feb 2022
4,522
9 Nov 2020 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 160,000 $20.20 $3,232,000
9 Nov 2020
26,384
5 Nov 2020 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 160,000 $20.20 $3,232,000
5 Nov 2020
80,000
3 Nov 2020 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 159,638 $18.46 $2,946,917
3 Nov 2020
80,000
30 Oct 2020 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 362 $16.72 $6,053
30 Oct 2020
362
2 Sep 2020 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 100,000 $16.72 $1,672,000
2 Sep 2020
100,000
6 Aug 2020 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 70,000 $20.20 $1,414,000
6 Aug 2020
6,022
4 Aug 2020 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 130,000 $20.20 $2,626,000
4 Aug 2020
70,000
31 Jul 2020 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 200,000 $20.20 $4,040,000
31 Jul 2020
100,000
12 Dec 2019 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 146,929 $20.20 $2,967,966
12 Dec 2019
46,929
11 Dec 2019 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 70,000 $20.20 $1,414,000
11 Dec 2019
70,000
9 Dec 2019 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 73,071 $20.20 $1,476,034
9 Dec 2019
73,071
6 Dec 2019 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 50,000 $20.20 $1,010,000
6 Dec 2019
50,000
27 Nov 2019 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 40,000 $20.20 $808,000
27 Nov 2019
40,000
26 Nov 2019 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 100,000 $20.20 $2,020,000
26 Nov 2019
100,000
8 Nov 2019 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 143,294 $19.66 $2,817,160
8 Nov 2019
143,294
6 Nov 2019 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 36,706 $19.66 $721,640
6 Nov 2019
17,298
2 Nov 2017 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 100,000 $21.06 $2,106,000
2 Nov 2017
100,000
25 Aug 2017 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 8,241 $16.80 $138,449
25 Aug 2017
8,241
14 Aug 2017 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 66,759 $16.80 $1,121,551
14 Aug 2017
57,291
8 Aug 2017 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 25,000 $16.80 $420,000
8 Aug 2017
25,000
15 May 2017 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 55,919 $12.38 $692,277
15 May 2017
55,919
8 May 2017 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 43,981 $12.38 $544,485
8 May 2017
23,961
4 May 2017 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 100 $12.38 $1,238
4 May 2017
100
6 Mar 2017 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 50,000 $12.38 $619,000
6 Mar 2017
50,000
27 Feb 2017 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 50,000 $12.38 $619,000
27 Feb 2017
50,000
11 Nov 2016 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 100,000 $15.34 $1,534,000
11 Nov 2016
50,000
3 Aug 2016 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 125,000 $9.48 $1,185,000
3 Aug 2016
100,000
10 Jun 2015 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 100,000 $13.57 $1,357,000
10 Jun 2015
50,000
10 Jun 2015 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 100,000 $13.57 $1,357,000
10 Jun 2015
50,000
25 Aug 2014 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 22,750 $13.57 $308,718
25 Aug 2014
22,750
19 Aug 2014 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 6,750 $13.57 $91,598
19 Aug 2014
6,750
30 Jul 2014 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 20,500 $13.57 $278,185
30 Jul 2014
20,500
27 May 2014 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 48,700 $13.57 $660,859
27 May 2014
48,700
2 May 2014 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 1,300 $13.57 $17,641
2 May 2014
1,300
24 Feb 2014 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 50,000 $9.63 $481,500
24 Feb 2014
50,000
22 Nov 2013 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 33,249 $9.63 $320,188
22 Nov 2013
33,249
20 Nov 2013 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 1,800 $9.63 $17,334
20 Nov 2013
1,800
19 Nov 2013 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 14,951 $9.63 $143,978
19 Nov 2013
14,951
11 Sep 2013 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 25,000 $19.25 $481,250
11 Sep 2013
25,000
3 Sep 2013 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 25,000 $19.25 $481,250
3 Sep 2013
25,000
14 Aug 2013 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 12,500 $17.76 $222,000
14 Aug 2013
12,500
31 Jul 2013 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 25,000 $19.25 $481,250
31 Jul 2013
25,000
30 May 2013 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 10,400 $19.25 $200,200
30 May 2013
10,400
29 May 2013 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 14,600 $19.25 $281,050
29 May 2013
14,600
13 Feb 2013 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 25,000 $17.76 $444,000
13 Feb 2013
4,482
5 Nov 2012 Robert Willett
CEO and President
Option 17,500 $13.45 $235,375
5 Nov 2012
17,500


Cognex executives and stock owners

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