OpenAI Lets Employees Sell $6.6 Billion of Shares at $400 Billion Valuation
The Wall Street Journal reported that OpenAI let more than 600 current and former employees sell shares in October 2025 at an approximately $400 billion valuation, generating about $6.6 billion in liquidity.
Employees had waited two years to sell their shares, and OpenAI allowed sales of up to $30 million per person in the secondary sale. Seventy-five employees sold stakes at that maximum, according to the report.
From the sources (7 posts)
@wsjExclusive: OpenAI allowed employees to sell up to $30 million worth of shares each
@wsjEmployees waited two years to sell their shares. Then, the company let them unload $30 million.
@zerohedge*MORE THAN 600 OPENAI EMPLOYEES SOLD SHARES LAST OCT.: WSJ *OPENAI EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVELY MADE $6.6B IN THE SHARE SALE: WSJ
@stockmktnewzOpenAI let more than 600 current and former employees sell their OpenAI shares back in October 2025 at a ~$400B valuation The 600 employees sold a total of $6.6 Billion for an average of $11 Million per employee - WSJ
@exec_sumOver 600 OpenAI employees sold OpenAI shares in a $6.6B liquidity event last October 75 employees sold stakes worth $30M, the maximum allowed under the secondary sale OpenAI's stock-based comp is the highest for any tech startup in histo
@polymarketmoneyNEW IN: 75% of OpenAI employees sold shares in the company last October, cashing out more than $6,600,000,000.
@cointelegraph🔥 JUST IN: OpenAI let over 600 employees cash out up to $30M each in a recent financing round, collectively netting $6.6 billion, WSJ reports.