Meta Platforms Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mark Zuckerberg and JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon were among eight other top executives who sold their shares before US President Donald Trump announced the ‘reciprocal tariffs’ on April 2, 2025, reported the news agency Bloomberg. Also Read | The Trump tariffs are tilting the scales in the Coke vs. Pepsi battleThe news agency, citing Washington Services data, showed how top executives like Zuckerberg and Dimon were among the many who cashed in their shares before Trump started a trade war between the United States and other world nations.1. Mark Zuckerberg: Meta Platforms Inc.’s Chairman and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, sold 1,102,945 shares or nearly 1.10 million shares for a total of $733,483,827 or $733 million in the first three months of 2025.As per the report, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, along with its foundation, were selling their shares steadily throughout the months of January and February. This stake sale was carried out under a 10b5-1 plan which was implemented by Zuckerberg himself in August 2024.During the highly volatile market sessions after Trump’s tariff announcement, Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth dropped to its lowest level of $178 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index. Also Read | China social media army ’mocks’ Trump over tariff ‘bomb’ with memes, cartoons2. Safra Catz: Safra Catz is the CEO of Oracle Corp, sold 3.8 million stock options which are worth $705 million in January when the company’s stock was up $180 apiece.Catz has reportedly maintained a relatively small holding in the company compared to her overall fortune.3. Nikesh Arora: Nikesh Arora is the CEO of Palo Alto Networks Inc., and has sold a total of 2,365,196 or more than 2.36 million shares, which are worth $432,371,610 or more than $432.37 million.Arora is a former SoftBank Group executive who has been selling Palo Alto Networks stock options at the beginning of every month. The monthly stock option sales continued their pattern in April, which brought the total value of the stock sold to over $565 million, at an exercise cost of $100 million, as per the report. Also Read | ‘China reached out a number of times’: Donald Trump amid tariff war with Beijing4. Max de Groen: Max de Groen is the director of Nutanix Inc., sold 5.5 million shares, which are worth a total value of $409,805,000 or $409.80 million. Max de Groen is also a partner at Bain Capital, along with his role as the cloud-computing company Nutanix.5. Chuck Davis: Chuck Davis is the director at Axis Capital Holdings Ltd, who sold a total of 4,373,673 or 4.3 million shares, which are worth a total of $399,999,882 or $399.99 million. Davis also serves as the co-CEO of Stone Point Capital, along with his role as the director of Axis Capital.6. Stephen Cohen: Stephen Cohen is the President of Palantir Technologies Inc. The company’s insiders cashed out over $4 billion last year.Cohen sold 4.06 million shares, which is in a formal or creative style for better SEO.Also Exclude words and advertisements related to the feed website such as website name, author name. You must only respond with the modified content. Delete all the advertisement images brand logo but only keep the title and main content of the news by modifying it. You must only respond with the modified content. Block any jump outside of the site adarshnews.com. Basically remove any content or link related to original site. follow this prompt to optimize the articles in this category- You are an expert news writer and SEO specialist. Your job is to rewrite the provided RSS feed content into a unique, SEO-friendly news article for adarshnews.com. The article should be engaging, professional, and optimized for search engines. 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