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Take-Two Interactive insiders sold $165M in the past 12 months. How much of their stake is that?

About 14% overall. As a group they ended with more shares than they started with. These figures leave out Strauss Zelnick, the largest holder (holdings couldn't be fully reconciled).

Updated Oct 8, 2026 from SEC filings · covers Oct 9, 2025 to Oct 8, 2026
How this comparesMore of their stake sold than at 251 of the 311 other companies we can measure (#61 of 312)See ranking
0
buyers among officers and directors, past 12 months
76%
of sales were under disclosed trading plans, past 12 months
10 of 13
officers and directors sold shares, past 12 months
Recent activity · past 30 days, Sep 9, 2026 to Oct 8, 2026
Oct 2, 2026Michael Sheresky sold 484 shares ($99K) to cover taxes on vesting stock. That is 0.7% of the total stake held that day.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
Michael Sheresky
Director
Also under a disclosed plan
484$203.690.7%66KOct 2, 2026Oct 5, 2026

"% of total stake" is the shares in this 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 don't reconcile, 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.

Sep 29, 2026William Gordon sold 10K shares ($2.0M) under a disclosed trading plan. That is 17% of the total stake held that day.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
William Gordon
Director
10,000$202.3917%47KSep 29, 2026Oct 1, 2026

"% of total stake" is the shares in this 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 don't reconcile, 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.

Sep 15, 2026Ellen Siminoff sold 334 shares ($73K) under a disclosed trading plan. That is 2.8% of the total stake held that day.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
Ellen Siminoff
Director
334$219.532.8%12KSep 15, 2026Sep 16, 2026

"% of total stake" is the shares in this 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 don't reconcile, 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.

Is this normal? More than usual: about 1.8x the 5-year average. 10 insiders sold; the average is 5 a year. Year by year
Latest filing: Filed Oct 5 for a sale on Oct 2. Michael Sheresky sold 484 shares ($99K) to cover taxes on vesting stock. Filing
57 SEC ownership filings in the period · See the evidence

What stands out

Strauss Zelnick sold $38.5M of stock with no disclosed trading plan. The filings don't state a reason.Largest such sale, Mar 2, 2026
Lainie Goldstein sold 39% of vested holdings: 35K shares for $7.8M, all under a disclosed plan.Largest sale, Jun 2, 2026
Two directors sold shares but ended with larger stakes, because more shares came in than were sold: Michael Sheresky (sold 1.1K, 1.6% of starting holdings; 1.1K added) and Jon Moses (sold 1K, 4.4% of starting holdings; 1.1K added).Michael Sheresky: largest sale, Oct 2, 2026 · Jon Moses: largest sale, Jun 22, 2026

Percentages cover 10 of 13 officers and directors. Left out: Strauss Zelnick and Daniel Emerson (holdings couldn't be fully reconciled); Karl Slatoff (most holdings were last confirmed in 2014). Disclosed company stock is not an insider's whole wealth.

Who sold, and how much of their stake

Officers and directors, past 12 months. Each bar is the insider's vested stake at the start of the period (Oct 8, 2025). The gold part is what they sold.

SoldRest of starting stakeAdded during the period
Strauss Zelnick
Chairman, CEO, Director
No bar: holdings couldn't be fully reconciled.
$86.0M55% planned
Karl Slatoff
President
No bar: most holdings were last confirmed in 2014.
$56.2MDisclosed plan
Daniel Emerson
Chief Legal Officer
No bar: holdings couldn't be fully reconciled.
$9.7MDisclosed plan
Lainie Goldstein
Chief Financial Officer
39% · $7.8MDisclosed plan
William Gordon
Director
24% · $3.1MDisclosed plan
All 10 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 disclosed
Oct 2025: $107K under a disclosed planOctNov 2025: $140K under a disclosed planNov 2025: $322K no plan disclosedNovDec 2025: $775K under a disclosed planDecJan 2026: $102K under a disclosed planJanFeb 2026: $476K under a disclosed planFebMar 2026: $1.6M under a disclosed planMar 2026: $13.2M no plan disclosedMarApr 2026: $86K under a disclosed planAprMay 2026: $29K under a disclosed planMay 2026: $15.6M no plan disclosedMayJun 2026: $119M under a disclosed planJun 2026: $565K no plan disclosed$120MJunJul 2026: $84K under a disclosed planJulAug 2026: $112K under a disclosed planAug 2026: $10.2M no plan disclosedAugSep 2026: $2.7M under a disclosed planSepOct 2026: $99K under a disclosed planOct

Common questions

Is the Take-Two Interactive CEO selling stock?

Yes. Strauss Zelnick sold 379K shares ($86.0M) in the past 12 months, 55% of it under a trading plan disclosed in the filings.

Why are Take-Two Interactive insiders selling?

Filings rarely give a reason, and we don't guess at one. What they show is how the sales were made: 76% of sales by value ran under 10b5-1 trading plans disclosed in the filings and 24% had no disclosed plan. A trading plan schedules sales in advance.

Are any Take-Two Interactive insiders buying?

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

How much of their stake did Take-Two Interactive insiders sell?

About 14% overall. As a group they ended with more shares than they started with. These figures leave out Strauss Zelnick, the largest holder (holdings couldn't be fully reconciled). That covers the 12 months to Oct 8, 2026 and counts vested shares reported on SEC Forms 3, 4 and 5, which is not an insider's whole wealth.

The evidence

Who sold10 officers and directors: amount, % of holdings, trading plan
Who soldAmount% of holdingsTrading plan
Strauss Zelnick
Chairman, CEO, Director
$86.0M
379K shares
i
No percentage: holdings couldn't be fully reconciled.
55% under a disclosed plan
Karl Slatoff
President
$56.2M
249K shares
i
No percentage: most holdings were last confirmed in 2014.
Disclosed plan
Daniel Emerson
Chief Legal Officer
$9.7M
44K shares
i
No percentage: holdings couldn't be fully reconciled.
Disclosed plan
Lainie Goldstein
Chief Financial Officer
$7.8M
35K shares
39%Disclosed plan
William Gordon
Director
$3.1M
15K shares
24%Disclosed plan
Ellen Siminoff
Director
$900K
3.9K shares
26%Disclosed plan
Michael Dornemann
Director
$546K
2.5K shares
11%No plan disclosed
LaVerne Srinivasan
Director
$496K
2.1K shares
20%No plan disclosed
Michael Sheresky
Director
$231K
1.1K shares
1.6%Disclosed plan
Jon Moses
Director
$230K
1K shares
4.4%No plan disclosed
The full ownership picture11 of 13 insiders fully reconciled · 13 officers and directors

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 8, 2025SoldHeld Oct 8, 2026Still held
Strauss Zelnick
!
Holdings couldn't be fully reconciled. A footnote describes a transfer or distribution between related entities, but the amounts could not be matched to the balance change. Largest: +30,746 shares on Mar 3, 2026 (Wendy Jay Belzberg 2012 Family Trust). See the filing Sales and other transactions for Strauss Zelnick are complete.
Chairman, CEO, Director
n/a−379Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Strauss Zelnick
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
  • Additional holdings last reported more than 3 years ago are shown separately and excluded from totals.
  • Some sales match sales reported by Karl Slatoff exactly (date, shares and price). Possibly the same shares reported by both; the filings don't confirm it.

Holdings couldn't be fully reconciled. A footnote describes a transfer or distribution between related entities, but the amounts could not be matched to the balance change. Largest: +30,746 shares on Mar 3, 2026 (Wendy Jay Belzberg 2012 Family Trust). The balances below are as reported, not verified totals.

Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock00
ZMC Advisors, L.PCommon Stock1,279,8021,126,165
Zelnick Belzberg Living TrustCommon Stock261,495152,314
Wendy Jay Belzberg 2012 Family TrustCommon Stock39,05164,089
Zelnick Belzberg Charitable TrustCommon Stock00

Additional holdings last reported Sep 16, 2013, not confirmed since: 1,990,298 shares. Not included in any total or percentage on this page.

Karl Slatoff
!
Most of this insider's holdings were last confirmed in 2014. Confirmed in the last three years: 1,126,165 shares. Not confirmed since: 1,752,490 shares, left out of this row. "Still held" is not shown because it would cover only the smaller, confirmed part.
President
1.28M−249K1.13Msee note
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Karl Slatoff
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
  • Additional holdings last reported more than 3 years ago are shown separately and excluded from totals.
  • Some sales match sales reported by Strauss Zelnick exactly (date, shares and price). Possibly the same shares reported by both; the filings don't confirm it.
Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock00
ZMC Advisors, L.PCommon Stock1,279,8021,126,165

Additional holdings last reported Jul 14, 2014, not confirmed since: 1,752,490 shares. Not included in any total or percentage on this page.

Paul Viera
Director
92K094Kno sales
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Paul Viera
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock16,99118,502
PEV Revocable Living TrustCommon Stock75,00075,000
Earnest Institutional LLCCommon Stock7474
Lainie Goldstein
i
Unvested RSUs stated in footnotes are excluded from owned shares.
Chief Financial Officer
90K−35K118K+31%
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Lainie Goldstein
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
  • Unvested RSUs stated in footnotes are excluded from owned shares.
Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock90,415118,250
Michael Sheresky
Director
66K−1.1K66K+0.1%
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Michael Sheresky
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock65,96366,010
William Gordon
Director
62K−15K48K78%
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for William Gordon
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock61,93048,404
Susan Tolson
Director
32K033Kno sales
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Susan Tolson
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock32,12233,248
Michael Dornemann
Director
23K−2.5K22K94%
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Michael Dornemann
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock22,91521,500
Jon Moses
Director
23K−1K23K+0.6%
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Jon Moses
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock22,86822,994
Ellen Siminoff
Director
15K−3.9K13K85%
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Ellen Siminoff
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock8,2559,811
D&E Living TrustCommon Stock3,8881,499
EFS 2020 Irrevocable TrustCommon Stock3,0031,499
Roland Hernandez
Director
11K012Kno sales
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Roland Hernandez
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock10,72711,985
LaVerne Srinivasan
Director
10K−2.1K9.9K95%
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for LaVerne Srinivasan
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock10,4429,943
Daniel Emerson
!
Holdings couldn't be fully reconciled. Balance changed without a matching transaction, and the footnote does not state the amount: +98 shares on Jun 1, 2026 (Direct). See the filing Sales and other transactions for Daniel Emerson are complete.
Chief Legal Officer
n/a−44Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Daniel Emerson
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
  • Unvested RSUs stated in footnotes are excluded from owned shares.

Holdings couldn't be fully reconciled. Balance changed without a matching transaction, and the footnote does not state the amount: +98 shares on Jun 1, 2026 (Direct). The balances below are as reported, not verified totals.

Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock1,7601,040

11 of 13 insiders fully reconciled: starting holdings plus reported transactions match ending holdings (11 exactly, 0 with a minor or footnoted difference). For 2 we show sales but not holdings; the ! icon on their rows explains why. Percentages cover 10 of 13 officers and directors. Left out: Strauss Zelnick and Daniel Emerson (holdings couldn't be fully reconciled); Karl Slatoff (most holdings were last confirmed in 2014). "Still held" compares ending with starting vested shares; a plus sign means the holding grew.

What explains the selling$165M of sales by plan status, purpose, seller and month

Officer and director open-market sales: $165M across 733,125 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 ($39.8M), including tax-related sales outside a plan.

No plan disclosed · $39.8M

Sales with no 10b5-1 plan and no tax reference in the filing. $38.5M of it is Strauss Zelnick. No plan disclosed is a statement about the filing, not about why the sale happened. Largest such sale: Strauss Zelnick, Mar 2, 2026

Taxes

$108M of sales (65.6%) cite tax obligations in their footnotes, $108M of them also under a plan. Example: Michael Sheresky, Oct 2, 2026

SellerShares soldProceedsUnder a disclosed planShare of totalSales dates
Strauss Zelnick
Chairman, CEO, Director
379K$86.0M55%52%Mar 2, 2026 to Aug 10, 2026
Karl Slatoff
President
249K$56.2M100%34%Jun 1, 2026 to Jun 3, 2026
Daniel Emerson
Chief Legal Officer
44K$9.7M100%6%Dec 2, 2025 to Sep 3, 2026
Lainie Goldstein
Chief Financial Officer
35K$7.8M100%5%Dec 2, 2025 to Sep 2, 2026
William Gordon
Director
15K$3.1M100%2%Mar 2, 2026 to Sep 29, 2026
Ellen Siminoff
Director
3.9K$900K100%0.5%Oct 15, 2025 to Sep 15, 2026
Michael Dornemann
Director
2.5K$546K0%0.3%Mar 5, 2026 to Jun 4, 2026
LaVerne Srinivasan
Director
2.1K$496K0%0.3%Nov 18, 2025 to Aug 17, 2026
Michael Sheresky
Director
1.1K$231K100%0.1%Nov 17, 2025 to Oct 2, 2026
Jon Moses
Director
1K$230K0%0.1%Jun 15, 2026 to Jun 22, 2026

Sales by month

MonthSale proceedsDisclosed planTo cover taxesNo plan disclosed
Oct 2025$107K$107K$0$0
Nov 2025$462K$140K$0$322K
Dec 2025$775K$775K$0$0
Jan 2026$102K$102K$0$0
Feb 2026$476K$476K$0$0
Mar 2026$14.7M$1.6M$0$13.2M
Apr 2026$86K$86K$0$0
May 2026$15.6M$29K$0$15.6M
Jun 2026$120M$119M$0$565K
Jul 2026$84K$84K$0$0
Aug 2026$10.3M$112K$0$10.2M
Sep 2026$2.7M$2.7M$0$0
Oct 2026$99K$99K$0$0
Is this normal? Selling year by year5 earlier years to compare with

More than usual: about 1.8x the 5-year average. 10 insiders sold; the average is 5 a year.

12 months endingShares soldInsiders who soldProceeds
Oct 8, 2026
Latest 12 months
524K10$118M
Oct 8, 2025
1 year earlier
610K8$133M
Oct 8, 2024
2 years earlier
242K6$37.6M
Oct 9, 2023
3 years earlier
85K4$10.6M
Oct 9, 2022
4 years earlier
164K3$22.8M
Oct 9, 2021
5 years earlier
333K4$61.0M

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 uncertainty2 insiders whose holdings couldn't be fully reconciled

Strauss Zelnick: holdings couldn't be fully reconciled (difference of 85,857 shares). A footnote describes a transfer or distribution between related entities, but the amounts could not be matched to the balance change. Largest: +30,746 shares on Mar 3, 2026 (Wendy Jay Belzberg 2012 Family Trust). Filing, Mar 3, 2026

Footnote: "Reflects certain shares that were previously transferred from the Zelnick/Belzberg Living Trust to the Wendy Jay Belzberg 2012 Family Trust pursuant to Section 16 exempt transactions. | Represents 69,797 shares of Common Stock held by the Wendy Jay Belzberg 2012 Family Trust (such securities are indirectly held by Mr. Zelnick). Mr. Zelnick disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities held by the Wendy Jay Belzberg 2012 Family Trust except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein"

Daniel Emerson: holdings couldn't be fully reconciled (difference of 98 shares). Balance changed without a matching transaction, and the footnote does not state the amount: +98 shares on Jun 1, 2026 (Direct). Filing, Jun 1, 2026

Footnote: "Represents the forfeiture of 9,609 performance-based restricted units previously granted to Mr. Emerson on June 1, 2023 due to the failure to meet certain performance conditions."

Inferred rename: "Carl C. Icahn" is treated as the same holder as "no longer subject to Section 16", because the old name was never reported again and the new one opened with the same balance (12,020,744 shares). Old name, new name

Inferred typo: the share class "Common Stock, $0.01 par value" is treated as the same class as "+ Common Stock, $0.01 par value" on 1 holding line, because the two spellings are nearly identical and each balance carried over exactly. Example (SAC CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC, 5,701,610 shares): old title, new title

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

Sources and methodology1,053 filings from SEC EDGAR, and how we read them

All 1,053 Forms 3, 4 and 5 filed for Take-Two Interactive (SEC CIK 946581) from Mar 23, 1998 to Oct 5, 2026, retrieved from SEC EDGAR on Oct 8, 2026. Prices are the ones reported in each filing, often weighted averages. 3 older filings exist only on paper and could not be read.

Probable 3-for-2 stock split on or before Jun 20, 2005 (first filing that shows post-split balances). Splits aren't reported as transactions; 4 holding lines changed by exactly this ratio, so earlier share counts are restated.

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 (30)No filing in 18 months; last reported balances, not in any total
NameLast filedLast reported balance
Robert BowmanDec 5, 2017127,450 shares, last reported balance as of Dec 1, 2017
Seth KraussJun 4, 2014486,537 shares, last reported balance as of Jun 2, 2014
Carl IcahnNov 26, 201342,792,351 shares, last reported balance as of May 26, 2011
James NelsonNov 20, 201343,250 shares, last reported balance as of Nov 18, 2013
Brett IcahnNov 8, 201357,396 shares, last reported balance as of Nov 6, 2013
Sunghwan ChoNov 8, 201341,476 shares, last reported balance as of Nov 6, 2013
Benjamim FederJun 16, 20102,595,412 shares, last reported balance as of Jun 14, 2010
John LevyMar 19, 201045,802 shares, last reported balance as of Mar 17, 2010
Grover BrownMar 19, 201045,902 shares, last reported balance as of Mar 17, 2010
Manuel SousaJun 16, 200920,670 shares, last reported balance as of Jun 12, 2009
Gary DaleFeb 4, 2009110,868 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 2, 2009
TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET ALApr 3, 200710,135,125 shares, last reported balance as of Apr 2, 2007
SAC CAPITAL ADVISORS LLCApr 3, 20075,701,610 shares, last reported balance as of Mar 29, 2007
Karl WintersApr 2, 200727,264 shares, last reported balance as of Mar 29, 2007
Paul EibelerApr 2, 2007100,000 shares, last reported balance as of Mar 29, 2007
D. E. Shaw Valence Portfolios, L.L.C.Mar 29, 20076,515,766 shares, last reported balance as of Mar 4, 2007
OPPENHEIMER FUNDS INCMar 12, 200782,810 shares, last reported balance as of Mar 4, 2007
Robert FlugFeb 23, 200753,302 shares, last reported balance as of Jan 19, 2006
Todd EmmelFeb 23, 200723,306 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 21, 2007
Oliver Grace Jr.Feb 23, 2007904,466 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 21, 2007
Steve TischFeb 23, 200716,000 shares, last reported balance as of Jan 19, 2006
Mark LewisFeb 23, 200718,000 shares, last reported balance as of Jan 19, 2006
GLENVIEW CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLCDec 26, 20063,123 shares, last reported balance as of Dec 21, 2006
Michael MaloneJan 27, 20066,000 shares, last reported balance as of Jan 24, 2006
Barbara KaczynskiOct 14, 20051,500 shares, last reported balance as of Mar 14, 2005
Gary LewisJul 13, 200520,000 shares, last reported balance as of Jul 13, 2005
Richard RoedelJan 4, 200510,500 shares, last reported balance as of Mar 13, 2004
Samuel JuddSep 13, 200422,500 shares, last reported balance as of Jul 30, 2004
Ryan BrantDec 2, 2003452,505 shares, last reported balance as of Dec 1, 2003
Trevor DrinkwaterNov 12, 2003No balance on record