Gates Buys, NVIDIA Director Dumps

Bill Gates filed purchases of more than $187M in RSG shares across four days in late August. The trades were reported to regulators between August 24 and 28. Gates bought at prices around $219 to $222 per share, adding roughly 846,000 shares to his position in Republic Services. Short interest in the waste management giant sits at just 1.5% of free float, so there is no short-side tension to complicate the read. This looks like a straightforward conviction add from one of the stock's largest holders.

The contrast at NVDA is sharp. Independent director Mark Stevens filed sales totalling around $400M between August 31 and September 2. The transactions spanned five separate batches, each of 300,000 shares or more, at prices near $220. General Counsel Timothy Teter also filed smaller sales on the same dates. NVIDIA's market cap stands at $5.1 trillion and short interest is only 1.4% of free float, so these are pure insider disposals rather than a short-thesis catalyst.

Across the Atlantic, Evolution AB's main shareholder Kenneth Dart filed purchases of over $715M in EVO stock during late July, reported to regulators on August 26. The gaming-technology company carries a higher short interest of 9.1% of free float. A principal buyer of that size stepping in against an active short base is a notable signal.

Note: the vendor insider dataset covers data only to September 8, 2026. Any trades filed after that date are not captured here.