{"id":1191016,"date":"2023-03-11T12:10:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T17:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/what-did-these-3-svb-execs-know\/1191016\/"},"modified":"2023-03-11T12:10:04","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T17:10:04","slug":"what-did-these-3-svb-execs-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/what-did-these-3-svb-execs-know\/1191016\/","title":{"rendered":"What Did These 3 SVB Execs Know?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/personal-finance\/what-did-these-3-svb-execs-know\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"c4be7505-8d73-4cbb-bc32-6fe596608e9d\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/bfmF4E8.jpg?itok=9PDjvQ6i\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">What Did These 3 SVB Execs Know?<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>As lines (real and virtual) full of anxious depositors grew last week outside of Silicon Valley Bank branches around the world, and reassurances of &#8220;liquidity&#8221; were gushed from the C-Suite, three individuals within the firm were perhaps less troubled than those seeking their hard-earned cash back from the soon-to-be-failed bank.<\/p>\n<p>12 days ago (on Feb 27th), Gregory Becker, the <strong>CEO of Silicon Valley Bank, sold $3.6 million worth (11%) of his shares<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Beck, the <strong>CFO, sold 32% (around $600,000) of his holdings<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bfmB10D_0.jpg?itok=x231744k\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bfmB10D_0.jpg?itok=x231744k\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And finally, <strong>CMO Michelle Draper sold 28%<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bfmDA.jpg?itok=dV1f2cBa\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bfmDA.jpg?itok=dV1f2cBa\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"c6d3b6b3-b189-45e7-868d-030484168f00\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"233\" width=\"500\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/bfmDA.jpg?itok=dV1f2cBa\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Notice that none of them had sold anything sizable for a year or so before this most recent (pre-collapse) sale (so it is a stretch to call this a pre-planned sale).<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, <strong>Silicon Valley Bank on Friday paid out annual bonuses to eligible U.S. employees, just hours before the\u00a0bank was seized<\/strong>\u00a0by the U.S. government, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/03\/11\/silicon-valley-bank-paid-bonuses-fdic\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios has learned from multiple sources<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But hey, we are sure it&#8217;s probably nothing to worry about, right?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" lang=\"\" class=\"username\" xml:lang=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Sat, 03\/11\/2023 &#8211; 16:00<\/span><\/p>\n<p>From:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/personal-finance\/what-did-these-3-svb-execs-know\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"What Did These 3 SVB Execs Know?\" rel=\"noopener\">Zerohedge<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Did These 3 SVB Execs Know? 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