Last updated: 7 November 2023 at 4:43pm EST

John Chen Net Worth




The estimated Net Worth of John S Chen is at least $21.3 Million dollars as of 3 November 2023. Mr. Chen owns over 1,000,000 units of BlackBerry Ltd stock worth over $18,246,958 and over the last 19 years he sold BB stock worth over $0. In addition, he makes $3,014,000 as Executive Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer at BlackBerry Ltd.

Mr. Chen BB stock SEC Form 4 insiders trading

John has made over 13 trades of the BlackBerry Ltd stock since 2008, according to the Form 4 filled with the SEC. Most recently he exercised 1,000,000 units of BB stock worth $2,450,000 on 3 November 2023.

The largest trade he's ever made was exercising 4,000,000 units of BlackBerry Ltd stock on 3 November 2021 worth over $9,800,000. On average, John trades about 90,476 units every 70 days since 2006. As of 3 November 2023 he still owns at least 7,447,738 units of BlackBerry Ltd stock.

You can see the complete history of Mr. Chen stock trades at the bottom of the page.





John Chen biography

John S. Chen serves as Executive Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Chen was the Chief Executive Officer of Sybase Inc. from 1998 to 2012 and the Chairman of Sybase from 1998 to 2010. Prior to Sybase, Mr. Chen held executive positions at Siemens AG, Pyramid Technology Corp. and Burroughs Corp. He started his career as a design engineer with Unisys Corp. Mr. Chen has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Brown University and a master’s degree in electrical engineering from California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Mr. Chen holds several honorary degrees and has received awards and honors for his leadership in building U.S.-Asia relations. Mr. Chen was appointed to serve on the President’s Export Council in 2005 and was appointed as co-chair of the Secure Borders and Open Doors Advisory Committee in 2006. He has also chaired the U.S-China Policy Advisory Roundtable for the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Mr. Chen is a trustee of Caltech and has also served as a Special Advisor to Silver Lake, a private investment firm

What is the salary of John Chen?

As the Executive Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of BlackBerry Ltd, the total compensation of John Chen at BlackBerry Ltd is $3,014,000. There are 1 executives at BlackBerry Ltd getting paid more, with Steven Capelli having the highest compensation of $5,019,410.



How old is John Chen?

John Chen is 64, he's been the Executive Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of BlackBerry Ltd since 2013. There are 8 older and 5 younger executives at BlackBerry Ltd. The oldest executive at BlackBerry Ltd is Michael Daniels, 74, who is the Independent Director.

What's John Chen's mailing address?

John's mailing address filed with the SEC is C/O BLACKBERRY LIMITED, 2200 UNIVERSITY AVENUE EAST, WATERLOO, A6, N2K 0A7.

Insiders trading at BlackBerry Ltd

Over the last 5 years, insiders at BlackBerry Ltd have traded over $3,671,400 worth of BlackBerry Ltd stock and bought 55,000 units worth $167,950 . The most active insiders traders include John S Chen, Steven M Capelli, and Thomas Eacobacci. On average, BlackBerry Ltd executives and independent directors trade stock every 17 days with the average trade being worth of $264,235. The most recent stock trade was executed by Mattias Eriksson on 28 June 2024, trading 168,131 units of BB stock currently worth $411,921.



What does BlackBerry Ltd do?

who we are blackberry is a mobile-native software and services company dedicated to securing the enterprise of things. blackberry secure software provides the embedded intelligence for the enterprise of things so that the internet of things can thrive. what we do today’s blackberry is a software company with a standard of security for managing the network of mobile and wearable devices, desktops and laptops, and other endpoints within enterprises. in addition to developing and providing applications, our blackberry secure platform enables enterprises and independent developers to create applications for smartphones, medical devices, connected cars, consumer appliances and industrial machinery, and much more. the result is a secure enterprise of things where enterprise customers can transform their organizations for 360-degree secure mobility and have complete confidence in their endpoint management. blackberry secure applications are showing up in every industry where secure mobile com



Complete history of Mr. Chen stock trades at Walt Disney Co, Wells Fargo & Co, and BlackBerry Ltd

Insider
Trans.
Transaction
Total value
John S Chen
Executive Chairman and CEO
Option $3,740,000
3 Nov 2023
John S Chen
Executive Chairman and CEO
Option $4,270,000
3 Nov 2022
John S Chen
Executive Chairman and CEO
Option $46,920,000
3 Nov 2021
John S Chen
Executive Chairman and CEO
Option $4,670,000
3 Nov 2020
John S Chen
Director
Option $194,460
15 Dec 2017
John S Chen
Director
Option $204,120
11 Aug 2016
John S Chen
Director
Option $204,120
11 Aug 2016
John S Chen
Director
Option $168,143
11 Feb 2016
John S Chen
Director
Option $168,360
31 Aug 2015
John S Chen
Director
Option $169,260
10 Dec 2014
John S Chen
Director
Option $161,040
18 Nov 2013
John S Chen
Director
Option $5,985
10 Dec 2008
John S Chen
Director
Option $313,441
4 Dec 2017


BlackBerry Ltd executives and stock owners

BlackBerry Ltd executives and other stock owners filed with the SEC include: