Bill Gates spent $241 million buying Republic Services shares between August 28 and September 2, filings show. He bought across 14 transactions in just six days, adding roughly 1.1 million shares to his already large stake. The purchase stands out as a deliberate accumulation rather than a passive rebalancing. RSG operates US waste collection and recycling infrastructure, a sector with steady cash flows and limited competitive disruption.
At the same time, NVIDIA Independent Director Mark Stevens filed $411 million in sales over the same period, reported to regulators on September 2. Stevens sold 2.05 million shares across multiple trades, the single largest insider disposal of any US-listed name in the dataset this month.
Activist hedge fund Corvex Management dumped $57 million worth of Illumina stock in early September, selling across 12 transactions filed on September 4. Corvex holds a board seat at the genomics company. Serial selling by a board-level activist is a bearish signal worth watching.
The NVDA sales arrived shortly after Taiwan's August export orders hit a record $103 billion, nearly double the prior-year figure, according to ORTEX Alt Data tracking Taiwanese trade statistics. The reading reflects surging demand for semiconductors and electronics, yet Stevens was clearly trimming rather than adding exposure at current levels.
The contrast is stark. Gates is buying unglamorous infrastructure at scale. An NVIDIA board member is taking chips off the table at speed.
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