Ford Executive Chairman William Clay Ford Jr., with the 2021 Ford F-150 King Ranch Truck.
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Elon Musk has made high-profile sales of Tesla stock as of late, but a prominent insider at another auto giant is buying shares.
Ford Motor (ticker: F) stock has more than doubled this year, and its executive chair, William Clay Ford, Jr., just disclosed a large purchase of shares of the auto giant.
Ford Motor stock has rocketed 128% so far this year through Tuesday’s close. It has seen strong demand for its electric vehicles. The company reported a strong third quarter, and restarted its dividend.
Bill Ford, as the chairman is known, paid $8.5 million on Dec. 10 for 412,500 shares, a per-share average price of $20.62 each. According to a form he filed Tuesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Bill Ford bought the shares through a trust that now owns 4 million Ford shares. He owns another 11.4 million shares through other trusts.
Ford Motor didn’t immediately respond to a request to make Bill Ford, the great-grandson of founder Henry Ford, available for comment.
Bill Ford last purchased Ford Motor stock in August 2019, when he paid $8 million for 840,962 shares, an average price of $9.51 each.
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