The Trade Desk CEO Jeff Green bought $148 million worth of shares in the last 2 days
u/Tachiiderp ·
Reddit — r/stocks
· March 05, 2026 at 05:47
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The post highlights significant insider buying by CEOs at several tech and finance companies, most notably a $148 million purchase by The Trade Desk's CEO, Jeff Green.
The author speculates that this cluster of large insider buys, following substantial stock price declines, could signal a market bottom for these names, or alternatively, be a sign of desperation.
Quality assessment: This is speculation based on publicly available data (insider filings). The author raises a question rather than presenting a firm thesis, making it more of an observation or discussion prompt than in-depth due diligence (DD).
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Now that's an eye-catching headline. He's not the only CEO buying either. KKR Co-CEOs bought 10 mil worth. ServiceNow CEO bought 3 mil, and Sofi CEO bought 1mil. And this all occurred in the last week alone. TTD has lost 85% from its peak in November 2024. KKR and SOFI is down nearly 50% in a couple of months, and NOW is down 59% since 2024 peak.
I wonder if this is going to be a trend this year, especially for software names because they've been aggressively diluting shareholders with stock-based compensation for years but once share price starts death spiralling downward, it will start to disincentivize engineers from even wanting to work at these places.
Insider buys usually mark a bottom, but when several CEOs are doing it, is it a sign of desperation?
Source: [Fintel](https://fintel.io/insiders?sticker=&sinsider=&smin=&smax=&scode=P&sfiledate=30&stradedate=0&Search=Search)