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This is really common. One reason you IPO is to monetize your investment in the company.

Bill Gates and Paul Allen have been selling off chunks of shares for decades and it's not like they don't believe in Microsoft.

Yup. Twenty billion in shares is just a number in a book somewhere if you never sell.

This could be a good thing. Liquidating wealth means opportunity for charity or other investments.

The dude just got married. Maybe he wants to buy a nice house.

1B would buy you one heck of a nice house.

I'd be thinking "island".

He just bought a $7 million house last year.