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Grindr Inc. insiders sold $99.7M in the past 12 months. How much of their stake is that?

Insiders sold $99.7M in the past 12 months.19% was sold under disclosed trading plans, 81% with no plan disclosed. The largest seller, James Lu (10% owner), sold $80.3M.Share-of-stake figures for this company are being verified and will be added when that check is finished. Why

Updated Oct 13, 2026 from SEC filings · covers Oct 14, 2025 to Oct 13, 2026
1
buyer among officers and directors (7 trades), past 12 months
19%
of sales were under disclosed trading plans, past 12 months
6 of 15
officers and directors sold shares, past 12 months
Is this normal? More than usual: about 2x the 4-year average. 6 insiders sold; the average is 4 a year. Year by year
Latest filing: Filed Oct 5 for a sale from Oct 1 to Oct 2. George Zage III sold 500K shares ($6.9M) under a disclosed plan. Filing
SEC ownership filings: 76 filed in the 12 months to Oct 13, 2026; 289 on record since Nov 25, 2020 · See the evidence

What stands out

James Lu sold $80.3M of stock with no disclosed trading plan. The filings don't state a reason.Largest such sale, Nov 11, 2025
George Zage III bought 705K shares for $9.3M, first on Nov 28, 2025.Purchase, Dec 1, 2025

A share of stake is shown for 0 of the 6 officers and directors who sold. 15 are left out

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Left out: George Zage III, James Lu, Michael Gearon Jr., George Arison, John North, Vandana Mehta-Krantz, Zachary Katz, Austin Balance, Meghan Stabler, Daniel Baer, Nathan Richardson, Chad Cohen, Lisa Gersh, Robert Solomon and Fadi Hanna (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.

James Lu
10% owner
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$80.3MNo plan disclosed
George Zage III
Director
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$14.7MDisclosed plan
Austin Balance
Chief Product Officer
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$2.4MDisclosed plan
Zachary Katz
CLO and Head of Global Affairs
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$2.1MDisclosed plan
Nathan Richardson
Director
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$171KDisclosed plan
All 6 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 planNo plan disclosedOne dollar scale for every month; the tallest bar is labeled
Oct 2025: $14K under a disclosed planOct 2025: $13.5M no plan disclosedOctNov 2025: $1.3M under a disclosed planNov 2025: $21.9M no plan disclosedNovDec 2025: $19K under a disclosed planDec 2025: $2.0M no plan disclosedDecJan 2026: $20K under a disclosed planJan 2026: $23.8M no plan disclosed$23.8MJanFeb 2026: $17K under a disclosed planFeb 2026: $19.1M no plan disclosedFebMar 2026: $17K under a disclosed planMarApr 2026: $18K under a disclosed planAprMay 2026: $495K under a disclosed planMayJun 2026: $342K under a disclosed planJunJul 2026: $371K under a disclosed planJulAug 2026: $1.8M under a disclosed planAugSep 2026: $8.0M under a disclosed planSepOct 2026: $6.9M under a disclosed planOct

Recent activity

Past 30 days, Sep 14, 2026 to Oct 13, 2026
Oct 2, 2026George Zage III sold 292K shares ($4.0M) under a disclosed trading plan.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
George Zage III
Director
292,270$13.65n/an/aOct 2, 2026Oct 5, 2026
Oct 1, 2026George Zage III sold 208K shares ($2.9M) under a disclosed trading plan.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
George Zage III
Director
207,730$14.17n/an/aOct 1, 2026Oct 5, 2026
Oct 1, 2026John North had 37K shares ($523K) withheld by the company for taxes (not a market sale).
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
John North
Chief Financial Officer
36,888$14.17n/an/aOct 1, 2026Oct 2, 2026
Sep 17, 2026George Zage III sold 166K shares ($2.6M) under a disclosed trading plan.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
George Zage III
Director
166,400$15.41n/an/aSep 17, 2026Sep 18, 2026
Sep 16, 2026George Zage III sold 334K shares ($5.2M) under a disclosed trading plan.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
George Zage III
Director
333,600$15.62n/an/aSep 16, 2026Sep 18, 2026
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Sep 14, 2026Zachary Katz sold 15K shares ($237K) under a disclosed trading plan.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
Zachary Katz
CLO and Head of Global Affairs
15,227$15.57n/an/aSep 14, 2026Sep 15, 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.

Common questions

Is the Grindr Inc. CEO selling stock?

No. George Arison reported no open-market sales in the past 12 months.

Why are Grindr Inc. insiders selling?

Filings rarely give a reason, and we don't guess at one. What they show is how the sales were made: 19% of sales by value ran under 10b5-1 trading plans disclosed in the filings and 81% had no disclosed plan. A trading plan schedules sales in advance.

Are any Grindr Inc. insiders buying?

Yes. 1 officer or director reported 7 purchases in the past 12 months (Form 4 code P; rows the filings describe as reinvested dividends, plan purchases, private deals or moves into the person's own trust are not counted).

The evidence

Who sold6 officers and directors: amount, % of holdings, trading plan
Who soldAmount% of holdingsTrading plan
James Lu
10% owner
$80.3M
6.51M shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
No plan disclosed
George Zage III
Director
$14.7M
1.00M shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
Disclosed plan
Austin Balance
Chief Product Officer
$2.4M
155K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
Disclosed plan
Zachary Katz
CLO and Head of Global Affairs
$2.1M
143K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
Disclosed plan
Nathan Richardson
Director
$171K
13K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
Disclosed plan
Daniel Baer
Director
$55K
3.5K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
Disclosed plan
The full ownership picture0 of 15 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 13, 2025SoldHeld Oct 13, 2026Still held
George Zage III
!
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 George Zage III are complete.
Director
n/a−1.00Mn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for George Zage III

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

0gifted (net of own trusts)
James Lu
!
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 James Lu are complete.
10% owner
n/a−6.51Mn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for James Lu

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

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Michael Gearon Jr.
!
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 Michael Gearon Jr. are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Michael Gearon Jr.

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

0gifted (net of own trusts)
George Arison
!
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 George Arison are complete.
Chief Executive Officer, Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for George Arison

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

−375Kgifted (net of own trusts)
−491Kwithheld by the company for taxes
John North
!
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 North are complete.
Chief Financial Officer
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for John North

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

0gifted (net of own trusts)
−41Kwithheld by the company for taxes
Vandana Mehta-Krantz
!
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 Vandana Mehta-Krantz are complete.
Chief Financial Officer
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Vandana Mehta-Krantz

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

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Zachary Katz
!
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 Zachary Katz are complete.
CLO and Head of Global Affairs
n/a−143Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Zachary Katz

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

0gifted (net of own trusts)
−70Kwithheld by the company for taxes
Austin Balance
!
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 Austin Balance are complete.
Chief Product Officer
n/a−155Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Austin Balance

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

0gifted (net of own trusts)
−51Kwithheld by the company for taxes
Meghan Stabler
!
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 Meghan Stabler are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Meghan Stabler

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

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Daniel Baer
!
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 Daniel Baer are complete.
Director
n/a−3.5Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Daniel Baer

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

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Nathan 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 Nathan Richardson are complete.
Director
n/a−13Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Nathan Richardson

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

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Chad Cohen
!
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 Chad Cohen are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Chad Cohen

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

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Lisa Gersh
!
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 Lisa Gersh are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Lisa Gersh

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

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Robert Solomon
!
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 Robert Solomon are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Robert Solomon

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

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Fadi Hanna
!
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 Fadi Hanna are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Fadi Hanna

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Fadi Hanna 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 Grindr 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$99.7M of sales by plan status, purpose, seller and month

Officer and director open-market sales: $99.7M across 7,822,250 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 ($80.3M), including tax-related sales outside a plan.

No plan disclosed · $80.3M

Sales with no 10b5-1 plan and no tax reference in the filing. $80.3M of it is James Lu. No plan disclosed is a statement about the filing, not about why the sale happened. Largest such sale: James Lu, Nov 11, 2025

Taxes

653,953 shares ($8.4M) were withheld by the company for taxes, which isn't a market sale.

Purchases · 1 buyer (7 trades)

1 officer or director bought shares in this period, in 7 trades(Form 4 code P, leaving out rows the filings describe as reinvested dividends, plan purchases, private deals or moves into the person's own trust). Across all their filings on record there are 19 purchase trades.

SellerShares soldProceedsUnder a disclosed planShare of totalSales dates
James Lu
10% owner
6.51M$80.3M0%81%Oct 15, 2025 to Feb 6, 2026
George Zage III
Director
1.00M$14.7M100%15%Sep 16, 2026 to Oct 2, 2026
Austin Balance
Chief Product Officer
155K$2.4M100%2%Nov 11, 2025 to Aug 31, 2026
Zachary Katz
CLO and Head of Global Affairs
143K$2.1M100%2%Nov 3, 2025 to Sep 14, 2026
Nathan Richardson
Director
13K$171K100%0.2%Oct 14, 2025 to Jun 1, 2026
Daniel Baer
Director
3.5K$55K100%0.1%Aug 19, 2026 to Aug 19, 2026

Sales by month

MonthSale proceedsDisclosed planTo cover taxesNo plan disclosed
Oct 2025$13.5M$14K$0$13.5M
Nov 2025$23.2M$1.3M$0$21.9M
Dec 2025$2.0M$19K$0$2.0M
Jan 2026$23.8M$20K$0$23.8M
Feb 2026$19.1M$17K$0$19.1M
Mar 2026$17K$17K$0$0
Apr 2026$18K$18K$0$0
May 2026$495K$495K$0$0
Jun 2026$342K$342K$0$0
Jul 2026$371K$371K$0$0
Aug 2026$1.8M$1.8M$0$0
Sep 2026$8.0M$8.0M$0$0
Oct 2026$6.9M$6.9M$0$0
Is this normal? Selling year by year4 earlier years to compare with

More than usual: about 2x the 4-year average. 6 insiders sold; the average is 4 a year.

12 months endingShares soldInsiders who soldProceeds
Oct 13, 2026
Latest 12 months
7.82M6$99.7M
Oct 13, 2025
1 year earlier
11.88M8$231M
Oct 13, 2024
2 years earlier
3.47M4$33.0M
Oct 14, 2023
3 years earlier
665K2$427K
Oct 14, 2022
4 years earlier
00$0
Oct 14, 2021
5 years earlier · filings don't cover the whole year
n/an/an/a

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 uncertainty15 officers and directors not confirmed

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Balances, unit counts and every share-of-stake figure for Grindr 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 methodology289 filings on record, 76 filed in the 12-month period, and how we read them

All 289 Forms 3, 4 and 5 on record for Grindr Inc. (SEC CIK 1820144), filed from Nov 25, 2020 to Oct 5, 2026; 76 of them were filed in the 12 months this page covers, retrieved from SEC EDGAR on Oct 13, 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 (12)No filing in 18 months; last reported balances, not in any total
NameLast filedLast reported balance
Daniel WeinsteinMar 19, 202576,708 shares, last reported balance as of Jan 14, 2025
Kye ChenNov 12, 2024126,389 shares, last reported balance as of Nov 7, 2024
Gary HorowitzAug 29, 202429,325 shares, last reported balance as of Jul 19, 2024
Maggie LowerOct 2, 202318,266 shares, last reported balance as of Jun 21, 2023
Carman WongNov 22, 202240,000 shares, last reported balance as of Nov 18, 2022
Ben FalloonNov 22, 202240,000 shares, last reported balance as of Nov 18, 2022
David RyanNov 22, 202220,000 shares, last reported balance as of Nov 18, 2022
Ashish GuptaNov 22, 202216,024,168 shares, last reported balance as of Nov 18, 2022
Tiga Sponsor LLCNov 25, 20206,840,000 shares, last reported balance as of Nov 23, 2020
Peter ChambersNo balance on record
Diana LuoNo balance on record
Fuad AhmadNo balance on record

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