HESS JOHN B

CIK: 0001087997Chief Executive Officer
OfficerDirector
Primary company: HESS CORP (HES)

HESS JOHN B is a corporate insider (Chief Executive Officer) at HESS CORP (HES) filing SEC Form 4 transactions. 20,449 transactions across 7 companies, totaling $54,764,504 in purchases and $1,368,898,418 in sales. Source: SEC EDGAR.

AI Insider Summary

John B. Hess's Form 4 record — an extraordinary 20,427 transactions spanning two decades — pivots sharply on July 18, 2025: a cluster of "D" disposition transactions that day (share blocks of 79,254, 55,310, 38,211, and others) marks the close of Chevron's acquisition of Hess Corp, converting his Hess stake into Chevron shares. Since then, every recorded transaction in Chevron has been a sale, and the prices tell a clear story: $158.30 in August 2025, down to roughly $150 across three separate blocks in November 2025, then back up to $183.90-$185.21 across three more blocks on May 6, 2026 — Chevron shares gained over 20% between his November and May sales, all captured through routine post-merger stock sales. Alongside this, Hess has held a Goldman Sachs board seat since January 2025, collecting small annual share grants (22 to 390 shares) with no corresponding sales recorded.

The merger converts a career-long Hess position

Hess Corp accounts for 20,313 of his transactions, with 24.6 million shares sold against just 819,788 bought since 2004 — the profile of a long-tenured chairman and CEO whose compensation program routinely converted vesting equity to cash. That relationship ends abruptly on July 18, 2025, with a cluster of same-day "D" (disposition) transactions across a range of share-block sizes (79,254 shares recorded three times, 55,310 recorded twice, 38,211 recorded three times, and others) — the mechanical signature of Chevron's acquisition closing and converting his Hess Corp holdings.

Analysis generated by 13F Insight from SEC Form 4 filing data. Methodology
Total Transactions
20,449
Total Buy Value
$54.76M
Total Sell Value
$1.37B
Net Activity
$-1.31B
Last Transaction
Aug 2026
Companies
7

Companies

Transaction History

Source: SEC EDGAR Form 4 insider transaction filings.

Type
Exercise
Shares
74,310
Price
$138.10
Value
$10.26M
Type
Exercise
Shares
103,771
Price
$98.71
Value
$10.24M
Type
Exercise
Shares
117,498
Price
$73.21
Value
$8.60M
Type
Exercise
Shares
243,706
Price
$48.51
Value
$11.82M
Type
Exercise
Shares
170,077
Price
$55.36
Value
$9.42M
Type
Sale
Shares
30,031
Price
$195.14
Value
$5.86M
Type
Sale
Shares
271,946
Price
$194.48
Value
$52.89M
Type
Sale
Shares
118,657
Price
$193.29
Value
$22.94M
Type
Sale
Shares
90,031
Price
$192.75
Value
$17.35M
Type
Sale
Shares
25,179
Price
$195.28
Value
$4.92M
Type
Sale
Shares
174,821
Price
$194.42
Value
$33.99M
Type
Exercise
Shares
74,310
Price
$138.10
Value
$10.26M
Type
Exercise
Shares
103,771
Price
$98.71
Value
$10.24M
Type
Exercise
Shares
117,498
Price
$73.21
Value
$8.60M
Type
Exercise
Shares
243,706
Price
$48.51
Value
$11.82M
Type
Exercise
Shares
170,077
Price
$55.36
Value
$9.42M
Type
J
Shares
8,102
Price
-
Value
-
Type
J
Shares
439,786
Price
-
Value
-
Type
J
Shares
9,118
Price
-
Value
-
Type
J
Shares
2,244,497
Price
-
Value
-