Last updated: 7 August 2024 at 4:15pm EST

Richard Benjamin Net Worth




The estimated Net Worth of Richard J Benjamin is at least $2.55 Million dollars as of 2 August 2024. Richard Benjamin owns over 21,605 units of Cerus stock worth over $897,914 and over the last 9 years he sold CERS stock worth over $386,778. In addition, he makes $1,261,460 as Chief Medical Officer at Cerus.

Richard Benjamin CERS stock SEC Form 4 insiders trading

Richard has made over 15 trades of the Cerus stock since 2018, according to the Form 4 filled with the SEC. Most recently he sold 21,605 units of CERS stock worth $54,013 on 2 August 2024.

The largest trade he's ever made was exercising 165,000 units of Cerus stock on 3 November 2021 worth over $752,400. On average, Richard trades about 31,127 units every 78 days since 2015. As of 2 August 2024 he still owns at least 438,007 units of Cerus stock.

You can see the complete history of Richard Benjamin stock trades at the bottom of the page.





Richard Benjamin biography

Dr. Richard J. Benjamin Ph.D. serves as Chief Medical Officer of the Company. From January 2006 to June 2015, he served as Chief Medical Officer for the American Red Cross, where he oversaw donor and patient safety issues for approximately 40% of the US blood supply. Dr. Benjamin is a Board Member and Regional Director for North America for the International Society of Blood Transfusion, as well as an active member of the American Association of Blood Banks. He has also served on the DHHS Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability in the U.S. from since December 2016 and previously served on the committee from 2006 to 2007. Dr. Benjamin is an Adjunct Full Professor of Pathology at Georgetown University and author of over 100 peer-reviewed publications. He received his Ph.D. at Cambridge University, England in Immunology and completed post-doctoral research at Stanford University.

What is the salary of Richard Benjamin?

As the Chief Medical Officer of Cerus, the total compensation of Richard Benjamin at Cerus is $1,261,460. There are 3 executives at Cerus getting paid more, with William Greenman having the highest compensation of $3,270,180.



How old is Richard Benjamin?

Richard Benjamin is 60, he's been the Chief Medical Officer of Cerus since 2015. There are 6 older and 6 younger executives at Cerus. The oldest executive at Cerus Corp. is Laurence Corash, 76, who is the Chief Scientific Officer.

What's Richard Benjamin's mailing address?

Richard's mailing address filed with the SEC is C/O CERUS CORPORATION, 1220 CONCORD AVE SUITE 600, CONCORD, CA, 94520.

Insiders trading at Cerus

Over the last 21 years, insiders at Cerus have traded over $5,083,598 worth of Cerus stock and bought 1,382,745 units worth $4,903,526 . The most active insiders traders include William Mariner Greenman, Laurence M Corash, and Bruce C Cozadd. On average, Cerus executives and independent directors trade stock every 33 days with the average trade being worth of $90,805. The most recent stock trade was executed by Kevin Dennis Green on 3 September 2024, trading 82,657 units of CERS stock currently worth $178,539.



What does Cerus do?

cerus corporation is a biomedical products company focused on commercializing the intercept blood system to enhance blood safety. the intercept system is designed to reduce the risk of transfusion-transmitted diseases by inactivating a broad range of pathogens such as viruses, bacteria and parasites that may be present in donated blood. the nucleic acid targeting mechanism of action enables intercept treatment to inactivate established transfusion threats, such as hepatitis b and c, hiv, west nile virus and bacteria, and is designed to inactivate emerging pathogens such as influenza, malaria and dengue. cerus currently markets and sells the intercept blood system for both platelets and plasma in europe, russia, the middle east and selected countries in other regions around the world. the intercept red blood cell system is in clinical development.



What does Cerus's logo look like?

Cerus Corp. logo

Complete history of Richard Benjamin stock trades at Cerus

Date
#
Company
Insider
Trans.
Transaction
Shares Price per share Total value Shares after Source
2 Aug 2024 Richard J Benjamin
Chief Medical Officer
Sale 21,605 $2.50 $54,013
2 Aug 2024
438,007
12 Mar 2024 Richard J Benjamin
Chief Medical Officer
Sale 35,115 $2.02 $70,932
12 Mar 2024
459,612
8 Mar 2024 Richard J Benjamin
Chief Medical Officer
Sale 29,378 $2.40 $70,507
8 Mar 2024
478,061
12 Mar 2023 Richard J Benjamin
Chief Medical Officer
Option 40,127 $2.80 $112,356
12 Mar 2023
363,186
9 Aug 2022 Richard J Benjamin
Chief Medical Officer
Sale 10,000 $5.12 $51,200
9 Aug 2022
172,665
12 Mar 2022 Richard J Benjamin
Chief Medical Officer
Option 84,437 $5.22 $440,761
12 Mar 2022
188,647
3 Nov 2021 Richard J Benjamin
Chief Medical Officer
Option 165,000 $4.56 $752,400
3 Nov 2021
107,702
12 Mar 2021 Richard J Benjamin
Chief Medical Officer
Option 83,603 $6.39 $534,223
12 Mar 2021
104,024
24 Aug 2020 Richard J Benjamin
Chief Medical Officer
Option 100,000 $4.72 $472,000
24 Aug 2020
141,763
7 Jul 2020 Richard J Benjamin
Chief Medical Officer
Option 154,583 $4.58 $707,990
7 Jul 2020
73,429
12 Mar 2020 Richard J Benjamin
Chief Medical Officer
Option 68,333 $4.03 $275,382
12 Mar 2020
59,260
7 Aug 2019 Richard J Benjamin
Chief Medical Officer
Sale 16,444 $5.01 $82,384
7 Aug 2019
0
28 Aug 2018 Richard J Benjamin
Chief Medical Officer
Option 50,000 $4.72 $236,000
28 Aug 2018
50,000
14 Aug 2018 Richard J Benjamin
Chief Medical Officer
Option 35,416 $4.33 $153,351
14 Aug 2018
35,416
11 May 2018 Richard J Benjamin
Chief Medical Officer
Sale 8,631 $6.69 $57,741
11 May 2018
0


Cerus executives and stock owners

Cerus executives and other stock owners filed with the SEC include: