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Ambarella Inc insiders sold $16.9M in the past 12 months. How much of their stake is that?

48% was sold under disclosed trading plans, 31% to cover taxes, 21% with no plan disclosed. The largest seller, Feng-Ming Wang (CEO, Director), sold $10.1M. 21% of these sales were shares from exercising options.Share-of-stake figures for this company are being verified and will be added when that check is finished. Why

Updated Oct 16, 2026 from SEC filings · covers Oct 17, 2025 to Oct 16, 2026
$3.5M
sold with no plan disclosed, past 12 months
48%
of sales were under disclosed trading plans, past 12 months
7 of 14
officers and directors sold shares, past 12 months
Is this normal? In line with the past 5 years. 7 insiders sold; the average is 10 a year. Year by year
Latest filing: Filed Sep 28 for a sale on Sep 25. Christopher Paisley sold 250 shares ($18K) under a disclosed plan. Filing
SEC ownership filings: 47 filed in the 12 months to Oct 16, 2026; 1,100 on record since Oct 9, 2012 · See the evidence

What stands out

Two officers sold $3.2M with no disclosed plan: Chi-Hong Ju ($2.0M) and Yun-Lung Chen ($1.1M). The filings don't state a reason.Chi-Hong Ju: largest such sale, Jul 1, 2026 · Yun-Lung Chen: largest such sale, Jun 12, 2026

A share of stake is shown for 0 of the 7 officers and directors who sold. 14 are left out

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Left out: Leslie Kohn, Feng-Ming Wang, Chi-Hong Ju, Chan Lee, John Young, Yun-Lung Chen, Christopher Paisley, Hsiao-Wuen Hon, Chenming Hu, David Richardson, Christopher Day, Elizabeth Schwarting, Chantelle Breithaupt and Gregory Bryant (share of stake is being verified).
Disclosed company stock is not an insider's whole wealth.

Who sold, and how much of their stake

Officers and directors, past 12 months. Their share of stake is being verified and is not shown yet; amounts and trading plans are below.

Feng-Ming Wang
CEO, Director
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$10.1M74% planned, 26% to cover taxes
Chi-Hong Ju
Senior VP, Systems & GM
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$2.8M26% to cover taxes 74% no plan disclosed
John Young
CFO
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$1.7M37% planned, 47% to cover taxes 16% no plan disclosed
Yun-Lung Chen
VP, Business Dev. & Marketing
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$1.1MNo plan disclosed
Chan Lee
Chief Operations Officer
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$1.1MTo cover taxes
All 7 sellers

Selling by month

Officers and directors, Oct 2025 to Oct 2026. Each sale is counted once: under a disclosed plan, else to cover taxes, else no plan disclosed.

Disclosed planTo cover taxesNo plan disclosedOne dollar scale for every month; the tallest bar is labeled
OctNovDec 2025: $810K to cover taxesDec 2025: $916K no plan disclosedDecJan 2026: $584K no plan disclosedJanFebMar 2026: $3.0M under a disclosed planMar 2026: $2.8M to cover taxes$5.8MMarApr 2026: $118K under a disclosed planAprMay 2026: $3.0M under a disclosed planMayJun 2026: $355K under a disclosed planJun 2026: $758K to cover taxesJun 2026: $661K no plan disclosedJunJul 2026: $1.5M under a disclosed planJul 2026: $1.4M no plan disclosedJulAugSep 2026: $145K under a disclosed planSep 2026: $915K to cover taxesSepOct

Recent activity

Past 30 days, Sep 17, 2026 to Oct 16, 2026
Sep 25, 2026Christopher Paisley sold 250 shares ($18K) under a disclosed trading plan.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
Christopher Paisley
Director
250$70.76n/an/aSep 25, 2026Sep 28, 2026
Sep 18, 2026John Young sold 1.9K shares ($128K) under a disclosed trading plan.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
John Young
CFO
1,896$67.28n/an/aSep 18, 2026Sep 21, 2026
Sep 17, 20264 executives sold 14K shares ($915K) to cover taxes on vesting stock.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
Feng-Ming Wang
CEO, Director
6,086$64.83n/an/aSep 17, 2026Sep 18, 2026
John Young
CFO
3,126$64.83n/an/aSep 17, 2026Sep 18, 2026
Chan Lee
Chief Operations Officer
2,893$64.83n/an/aSep 17, 2026Sep 18, 2026
Chi-Hong Ju
Senior VP, Systems & GM
2,009$64.83n/an/aSep 17, 2026Sep 18, 2026

"% of total stake" is the shares in an event against all the vested shares the person held that day, across every share class and holding entity, after that day's vesting. "n/a" means the person's holdings are not confirmed, or the row is a purchase. "Holdings record incomplete" means more shares were sold than the filings show the person held that day, so a percentage would be wrong.

Outside holders, reported separately

Chi-Hong Ju reported no open-market sales in the past 12 months. Large shareholders and the funds or companies that board members represent are not part of management, so they are left out of the figures above.

Details

Common questions

Is the Ambarella Inc CEO selling stock?

Yes. Feng-Ming Wang sold 143K shares ($10.1M) in the past 12 months, 74% of it under a trading plan disclosed in the filings.

Why are Ambarella Inc insiders selling?

Filings rarely give a reason, and we don't guess at one. What they show is how the sales were made: 48% of sales by value ran under 10b5-1 trading plans disclosed in the filings, 31% were to cover taxes and 21% had no disclosed plan. A trading plan schedules sales in advance.

Are any Ambarella Inc insiders buying?

No. Officers and directors reported no purchases in the past 12 months.

The evidence

Who sold7 officers and directors: amount, % of holdings, trading plan
Who soldAmount% of holdingsTrading plan
Feng-Ming Wang
CEO, Director
$10.1M
143K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
74% under a disclosed plan, 26% to cover taxes
Chi-Hong Ju
Senior VP, Systems & GM
$2.8M
38K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
26% to cover taxes 74% no plan disclosed
John Young
CFO
$1.7M
26K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
37% under a disclosed plan, 47% to cover taxes 16% no plan disclosed
Yun-Lung Chen
VP, Business Dev. & Marketing
$1.1M
16K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
No plan disclosed
Chan Lee
Chief Operations Officer
$1.1M
19K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
To cover taxes
Christopher Paisley
Director
$69K
1K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
48% under a disclosed plan 52% no plan disclosed
Elizabeth Schwarting
Director
$45K
624 shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
No plan disclosed

Sold by a charitable foundation the insider reports: Foundation, reported by Chi-Hong Ju. A foundation's shares are not the insider's own stake, so they are left out of the figures above.

The full ownership picture0 of 14 officers and directors confirmed

Vested shares across all share classes, held directly and through trusts, LLCs and family members, as reported on SEC Forms 3, 4 and 5. Unvested awards and options are never counted as owned shares.

InsiderHeld Oct 16, 2025SoldHeld Oct 16, 2026Still held
Leslie Kohn
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Leslie Kohn are complete.
Chief Technology Officer, Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Leslie Kohn

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Leslie Kohn are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Feng-Ming Wang
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Feng-Ming Wang are complete.
CEO, Director
n/a−143Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Feng-Ming Wang

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Feng-Ming Wang are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

−25Kgifted (net of own trusts)
Chi-Hong Ju
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Chi-Hong Ju are complete.
Senior VP, Systems & GM
n/a−38Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Chi-Hong Ju

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Chi-Hong Ju are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Chan Lee
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Chan Lee are complete.
Chief Operations Officer
n/a−19Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Chan Lee

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Chan Lee are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
John Young
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for John Young are complete.
CFO
n/a−26Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for John Young

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for John Young are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options heldStrike priceExpiresIntrinsic value (estimate)
24,600$55.80Mar 27, 2027$368K

Estimate: options held × ($70.76 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Sep 25, 2026), not a market close.

Yun-Lung Chen
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Yun-Lung Chen are complete.
VP, Business Dev. & Marketing
n/a−16Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Yun-Lung Chen

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Yun-Lung Chen are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Christopher Paisley
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Christopher Paisley are complete.
Director
n/a−1Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Christopher Paisley

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Christopher Paisley are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Hsiao-Wuen Hon
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Hsiao-Wuen Hon are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Hsiao-Wuen Hon

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Hsiao-Wuen Hon are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Chenming Hu
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Chenming Hu are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Chenming Hu

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Chenming Hu are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
David Richardson
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for David Richardson are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for David Richardson

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for David Richardson are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Christopher Day
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Christopher Day are complete.
VP, Marketing
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Christopher Day

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Christopher Day are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Elizabeth Schwarting
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Elizabeth Schwarting are complete.
Director
n/a−624n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Elizabeth Schwarting

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Elizabeth Schwarting are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Chantelle Breithaupt
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Chantelle Breithaupt are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Chantelle Breithaupt

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Chantelle Breithaupt are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Gregory Bryant
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Gregory Bryant are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Gregory Bryant

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Gregory Bryant are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)

Holdings and share of stake for Ambarella Inc are being verified, so no balances, unit counts or percentages are shown. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status, titles and dates come straight from individual filings.

What explains the selling$16.9M of sales by plan status, purpose, seller and month

Officer and director open-market sales: $16.9M across 243,443 shares. Plan status and stated purpose are separate questions, and a sale can have both.

By plan status

The lighter segment is sales with no plan disclosed in the filing ($8.8M), including tax-related sales outside a plan.

No plan disclosed · $3.5M

Sales with no 10b5-1 plan and no tax reference in the filing. $2.0M of it is Chi-Hong Ju. No plan disclosed is a statement about the filing, not about why the sale happened. Largest such sale: Chi-Hong Ju, Jul 1, 2026

Taxes

$5.5M of sales (32.4%) cite tax obligations in their footnotes, $216K of them also under a plan. Example: John Young, Sep 17, 2026

Charitable gifts · 25K shares

Gifts the filings describe as charitable. Gifts are not sales and are not included in the sale totals.

SellerShares soldProceedsUnder a disclosed planShare of totalSales dates
Feng-Ming Wang
CEO, Director
143K$10.1M74%60%Dec 17, 2025 to Sep 17, 2026
Chi-Hong Ju
Senior VP, Systems & GM
38K$2.8M0%16%Dec 17, 2025 to Sep 17, 2026
John Young
CFO
26K$1.7M37%10%Dec 17, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026
Yun-Lung Chen
VP, Business Dev. & Marketing
16K$1.1M0%7%Jun 12, 2026 to Jul 9, 2026
Chan Lee
Chief Operations Officer
19K$1.1M0%7%Dec 17, 2025 to Sep 17, 2026
Christopher Paisley
Director
1K$69K48%0.4%Dec 26, 2025 to Sep 25, 2026
Elizabeth Schwarting
Director
624$45K0%0.3%Dec 16, 2025 to Dec 16, 2025

Sales by month

MonthSale proceedsDisclosed planTo cover taxesNo plan disclosed
Oct 2025$0$0$0$0
Nov 2025$0$0$0$0
Dec 2025$1.7M$0$810K$916K
Jan 2026$584K$0$0$584K
Feb 2026$0$0$0$0
Mar 2026$5.8M$3.0M$2.8M$0
Apr 2026$118K$118K$0$0
May 2026$3.0M$3.0M$0$0
Jun 2026$1.8M$355K$758K$661K
Jul 2026$2.8M$1.5M$0$1.4M
Aug 2026$0$0$0$0
Sep 2026$1.1M$145K$915K$0
Oct 2026$0$0$0$0
Is this normal? Selling year by year5 earlier years to compare with

In line with the past 5 years. 7 insiders sold; the average is 10 a year.

12 months endingShares soldInsiders who soldProceeds
Oct 16, 2026
Latest 12 months
243K7$16.9M
Oct 16, 2025
1 year earlier
104K10$7.3M
Oct 16, 2024
2 years earlier
120K11$6.7M
Oct 17, 2023
3 years earlier
130K8$10.0M
Oct 17, 2022
4 years earlier
287K11$32.5M
Oct 17, 2021
5 years earlier
311K9$30.8M

Open-market sales (Form 4 code S) by people who were officers or directors, in split-adjusted shares. Earlier years include people who have since left. A sale that an outside holder also reports (a family trust, a fund) is counted with outside holders in every year. Shares, not dollars, are compared, so a change in the stock price doesn't look like a change in selling. Years the filings don't fully cover are shown but left out of the average.

Known gaps and uncertainty14 officers and directors not confirmed

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Balances, unit counts and every share-of-stake figure for Ambarella Inc are held back until that check is finished. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status, titles and dates come straight from individual filings and are complete.

External context: we only cite outside events when a documented connection exists. None is shown for this period.

Sources and methodology1,100 filings on record, 47 filed in the 12-month period, and how we read them

All 1,100 Forms 3, 4 and 5 on record for Ambarella Inc (SEC CIK 1280263), filed from Oct 9, 2012 to Sep 28, 2026; 47 of them were filed in the 12 months this page covers, retrieved from SEC EDGAR on Oct 16, 2026. Prices are the ones reported in each filing, often weighted averages.

Holdings. Each holding line (a share class plus an owner, such as a trust or LLC) carries its last reported balance forward. Entities first reported during the period start at zero, so transfers between an insider's own trusts don't count as selling. Lines not reported for three years or more are listed separately and left out of totals.

Sales. A sale counts as under a 10b5-1 plan if its footnote cites one or the filing's Rule 10b5-1 box is checked, and as tax-related if its footnote cites tax obligations or sell-to-cover. Shares withheld by the company for taxes are listed separately. Sales with neither attribute are labeled "no plan disclosed".

Full methodology

Former or inactive filers (15)No filing in 18 months; last reported balances, not in any total
NameLast filedLast reported balance
Anne De Greef-SafftAug 30, 202410,772 shares, last reported balance as of Aug 29, 2024
Brian WhiteDec 21, 202374,140 shares, last reported balance as of Dec 19, 2023
Andrew VerhalenSep 1, 2023108,344 shares, last reported balance as of Aug 31, 2023
Andrew VerhalenSep 1, 2023No balance on record
Kevin EichlerMar 18, 202273,259 shares, last reported balance as of Mar 16, 2022
Teresa MengMar 18, 20226,606 shares, last reported balance as of Mar 16, 2022
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCJun 12, 202084,199 shares, last reported balance as of Mar 25, 2020
George LaplanteSep 20, 201895,986 shares, last reported balance as of Sep 19, 2018
Lip TanMar 17, 20178,911 shares, last reported balance as of Mar 16, 2017
Lip TanMar 17, 2017No balance on record
Lip TanMar 17, 2017No balance on record
Didier LeGallDec 11, 201453,380 shares, last reported balance as of Dec 10, 2014
Pacven Walden Management V Co. Ltd.Jun 27, 20132,271,592 shares, last reported balance as of Jun 25, 2013
MATRIX PARTNERS VII LP ET ALMay 9, 20131,938,363 shares, last reported balance as of May 7, 2013
BENCHMARK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO IV LLCApr 11, 20134,013,578 shares, last reported balance as of Apr 9, 2013

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