Nvidia insiders offloaded more than $500 million of shares just this month as its share price soared to fresh peaks after a turbulent year buffeted by US‑China trade rows and rival Chinese AI breakthroughs.

Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has started selling again this week for the first time since September. The sales are part of a pre‑arranged trading plan agreed in March that set the dates and prices for the disposals. Huang still holds the vast majority of his shares.

VerityData vice‑president of research Ben Silverman said: “When the stock dropped in the first quarter, he did not sell, which was really smart.”

He added that Huang “waited for the stock to return to levels that he felt more comfortable selling at”

The share price’s rise above $150 appears to have triggered the sales, VerityData said. Huang only began after a mandated 90‑day cooling‑off period dropped away, as insiders often do to dodge insider‑trading accusations.

The plan lets him sell up to six million shares by the end of 2025. At current prices, that could net him more than $900 million. Forbes values his net worth at an eye‑watering $138 billion.

Nvidia’s market value has surged to $3.8 trillion, quadrupling in recent years as governments and companies pour cash into the AI infrastructure gold rush.

Other heavy hitters at Nvidia are cashing in too. Sequoia veteran and board member Mark Stevens said on 2 June that he’d sell up to four million shares, worth roughly $550 million, and has already trousered about $288 million. Executive vice‑president Jay Puri sold around $25 million of shares on Wednesday. Board members Tench Coxe and Brooke Seawell sold about $143 million and $48 million respectively this month.

Despite a spring slump triggered by Chinese AI rival DeepSeek’s breakthroughs and new US export curbs on AI chips to China, Nvidia has recovered roughly $1.5 trillion in market cap since April.