Last updated: 7 June 2024 at 4:50pm EST

Michael Brown Net Worth




The estimated Net Worth of Michael W Brown is at least $18.8 Million dollars as of 5 June 2024. Mr. Brown owns over 2,504 units of Vmware stock worth over $9,272,456 and over the last 16 years he sold VMW stock worth over $8,930,040. In addition, he makes $602,676 as Independent Director at Vmware.

Mr. Brown VMW stock SEC Form 4 insiders trading

Michael has made over 34 trades of the Vmware stock since 2012, according to the Form 4 filled with the SEC. Most recently he exercised 2,504 units of VMW stock worth $356,770 on 5 June 2024.

The largest trade he's ever made was selling 35,000 units of Vmware stock on 14 December 2018 worth over $5,600,000. On average, Michael trades about 2,629 units every 56 days since 2008. As of 5 June 2024 he still owns at least 65,079 units of Vmware stock.

You can see the complete history of Mr. Brown stock trades at the bottom of the page.





Michael Brown biography

Michael W. Brown serves as Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Brown was a director of EMC from August 2005 until May 2016. From August 1994 until his retirement in July 1997, Mr. Brown served as Vice President and CFO of Microsoft Corporation. He was Vice President, Finance of Microsoft from April 1993 to August 1994. He joined Microsoft in December 1989. After retiring from Microsoft, Mr. Brown served as Chair of the Nasdaq Stock Market board of directors and as a past governor of the National Association of Securities Dealers (“NASD”). Prior to joining Microsoft, Mr. Brown spent 18 years with Deloitte & Touche LLP in various positions. Mr. Brown was a director of Insperity, Inc. from 1997 to June 2017. Mr. Brown is a director of Stifel Financial Corp, where he chairs the audit committee. Mr. Brown brings to our Board substantial financial expertise that includes extensive knowledge of the complex financial and operational issues facing large companies, and a deep understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting rules and regulations. He acquired this knowledge in the course of serving as the CFO of a global technology company, working with a major international accounting and consulting firm for 18 years and serving as a member of the audit committees of other public company boards. Mr. Brown’s experience at Microsoft and on the boards of other technology companies also provides insight into the information technology industry. His experience as an independent auditor provides our Board and the Audit Committee with significant insight into the preparation of financial statements and knowledge of audit procedures. Through his many senior management positions, including as Chair of the board of the Nasdaq Stock Market and as a governor of the NASD, Mr. Brown has demonstrated his leadership and business acumen.

What is the salary of Michael Brown?

As the Independent Director of Vmware, the total compensation of Michael Brown at Vmware is $602,676. There are 10 executives at Vmware getting paid more, with Patrick Gelsinger having the highest compensation of $42,549,700.



How old is Michael Brown?

Michael Brown is 74, he's been the Independent Director of Vmware since 2007. There are no older and 18 younger executives at Vmware.

What's Michael Brown's mailing address?

Michael's mailing address filed with the SEC is 501, North Broadway, Downtown St Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, 63102, United States.

Insiders trading at Vmware

Over the last 17 years, insiders at Vmware have traded over $1,845,036,070 worth of Vmware stock and bought 16,543,140 units worth $1,263,542,618 . The most active insiders traders include Michael S Dell, V (Gp), L.L.C.Silver Lake T..., and Corp Emc. On average, Vmware executives and independent directors trade stock every 14 days with the average trade being worth of $75,187,123. The most recent stock trade was executed by Jean Pierre Brulard on 16 October 2023, trading 5,779 units of VMW stock currently worth $1,030,338.



What does Vmware do?

vmware is the leader in cloud infrastructure, business mobility and virtualization software. a pioneer in the use of virtualization and policy-driven automation technologies, vmware simplifies it complexity across the entire data center to the virtual workplace, empowering customers with solutions in the software-defined data center to hybrid cloud computing and the mobile workspace. with 2014 revenues of $6.04 billion, vmware has more than 500,000 customers, 75,000 partners, and 18,000+ employees in 120+ locations around the world. at the core of what we do are our employees who deeply value execution, passion, integrity, customers, and community. want to be part of a compassionate community that thrives on architecting what’s next in it? learn more at vmware.com/careers.



What does Vmware's logo look like?

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Complete history of Mr. Brown stock trades at Insperity Inc, Stifel, Vmware, and Stifel

Date
#
Company
Insider
Trans.
Transaction
Shares Price per share Total value Shares after Source
5 Jun 2024 Michael W Brown
Option 2,504 $78.37 $196,238
5 Jun 2024
65,079
13 Jun 2023 Michael W Brown
Option 2,641 $59.36 $156,770
13 Jun 2023
62,575
31 May 2022 Michael W Brown
Option 1,389 $64.17 $89,132
31 May 2022
59,934
7 Jan 2022 Michael W Brown
Option 5,625 $75.71 $425,869
7 Jan 2022
58,545
3 Jun 2021 Michael W Brown
Option 3,144 $68.31 $214,767
3 Jun 2021
52,920
12 Jan 2021 Michael W Brown
Option 5,625 $53.24 $299,475
12 Jan 2021
49,776
5 Jun 2020 Michael W Brown
Option 1,900 $36.28 $68,932
5 Jun 2020
29,434
2 Jan 2020 Michael W Brown
Option 3,750 $40.96 $153,600
2 Jan 2020
27,534
5 Jun 2019 Michael W Brown
Option 1,900 $37.67 $71,573
5 Jun 2019
23,784
2 Jan 2019 Michael W Brown
Option 3,750 $27.61 $103,538
2 Jan 2019
21,884
6 Jun 2018 Michael W Brown
Option 1,900 $41.07 $78,033
6 Jun 2018
18,134
14 Feb 2018 Michael W Brown
Option 5,115 $29.33 $150,023
14 Feb 2018
18,685
29 Dec 2017 Michael W Brown
Option 3,750 $39.71 $148,913
29 Dec 2017
13,570
30 Dec 2016 Michael W Brown
Option 3,375 $33.30 $112,388
30 Dec 2016
9,820
30 Dec 2016 Michael W Brown
Option 3,375 $33.30 $112,388
30 Dec 2016
9,820
22 Jan 2016 Michael W Brown
Option 1,687 $22.65 $38,211
22 Jan 2016
6,445
5 Jun 2019 Michael W Brown
Director
Option 1,900 $24.68 $46,892
5 Jun 2019
23,784
2 Jan 2019 Michael W Brown
Director
Option 3,750 $20.87 $78,263
2 Jan 2019
21,884
6 Jun 2018 Michael W Brown
Director
Option 1,900 $24.27 $46,113
6 Jun 2018
18,134
14 Feb 2018 Michael W Brown
Director
Option 5,115 $29.33 $150,023
14 Feb 2018
18,685
29 Dec 2017 Michael W Brown
Director
Option 3,750 $24.93 $93,488
29 Dec 2017
13,570
30 Dec 2016 Michael W Brown
Director
Option 3,375 $0
30 Dec 2016
9,820
30 Dec 2016 Michael W Brown
Director
Option 3,375 $0
30 Dec 2016
9,820
22 Jan 2016 Michael W Brown
Director
Option 1,687 $0
22 Jan 2016
6,445
14 Dec 2018 Michael W Brown
Director
Sale 35,000 $160.00 $5,600,000
14 Dec 2018
16,923
19 May 2017 Michael W Brown
Director
Option 6,000 $60.34 $362,040
19 May 2017
0
26 May 2016 Michael W Brown
Director
Option 6,000 $29.95 $179,700
26 May 2016
0
14 May 2015 Michael W Brown
Director
Option 6,000 $66.32 $397,920
14 May 2015
0
16 Nov 2012 Michael W Brown
Director
Sale 12,000 $85.50 $1,026,000
16 Nov 2012
27,301
27 Feb 2012 Michael W Brown
Director
Sale 12,000 $99.11 $1,189,320
27 Feb 2012
36,976
8 Sep 2016 Michael W Brown
Director
Option 20,513 $29.17 $598,364
8 Sep 2016
30,054
8 Sep 2016 Michael W Brown
Director
Option 20,513 $29.17 $598,364
8 Sep 2016
30,054
25 May 2016 Michael W Brown
Director
Sale 8,000 $69.67 $557,360
25 May 2016
8,333
25 May 2016 Michael W Brown
Director
Sale 8,000 $69.67 $557,360
25 May 2016
8,333


Vmware executives and stock owners

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