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ED CARSON

Reddit Insiders Selling Days After IPO; Shares Dive

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman and other top executives and board members late Wednesday disclosed share sales, just a week after the social network had its initial public offering. RDDT stock plunged Thursday.

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman sold 500,000 shares on Monday at an average $32.30 price, receiving $16.15 million. CFO Vollero Andrew sold 71,765 Reddit shares for $2.318 million. Chief Operating Officer Jennifer Wong sold 514,000 shares for $16.602 million.

Chief Technology Officer Christopher Slowe sold 185,000 shares for $5.975 million. Chief Accounting Officer Michelle Reynolds sold 3,033 RDDT shares for $97,966. Board member David Habiger sold 3,000 shares for $102,000.

All told, that's $41.245 million worth of Reddit shares sold.

At least some Reddit share sales by CEO Huffman and other key officers was expected.

Reddit Stock

Reddit stock dived 14.6% to 49.32 on Thursday. Shares tumbled 11.3% to 57.75 on Wednesday. Reddit hit a record 74.90 intraday Tuesday.

The RDDT IPO priced at 34 a share on March 20, at the top of the expected range.

Please follow Ed Carson on Threads at @edcarson1971 and X/Twitter at @IBD_ECarson for stock market updates and more.

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