IonQ Inc (IONQ)

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📈 Who is Peter Chapman at IonQ?
   •   Peter Hume Chapman is IONQ’s Executive Chair and was CEO until February?2025 (succeeded by Niccolo?de?Masi) ?.
   •   He’s been pivotal in IonQ’s transformation from an academic project to a pure-play public quantum computing firm ?.

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🔧 Option Exercises & Stock Sells

1. Option Conversions (March 2025):
   •   Exercised 1,528,394 options at $0.13 per share.
   •   Exercised an additional 471,606 options at $7.63 per share.
   •   Total exercise cost: around $3.8?million ?.

2. Major Stock Sale (~March 11, 2025):
   •   Sold 2,000,000 shares at ~$18.72/share.
   •   Gross proceeds: approximately $37.4?million ?.
   •   After selling, retained 414,363 shares.

3. Recent Insider Sale (June 11, 2025):
   •   Sold 11,965 shares at ~$41.60/share.
   •   Net proceeds: about $498,000.
   •   Post-sale ownership: about 390,329 shares ?.

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🧮 Chapman’s Current Stake Breakdown
Holdings
Shares
Retained after March sale
414,363
After June sale
390,329

He retains approximately 390–414?K shares today. At IONQ’s current ~$40/share price, his stake is now worth in the range of $15.6?million to $16.5?million, down from nearly $75?million if he’d held all post-exercise shares.

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💭 Why This Matters
   •   Option exercises at extremely low strike prices ($0.13 & $7.63) granted Chapman massive paper gains, even after recent stock sales.
   •   Substantial sell-offs (2 million shares ˜ $37M, plus nearly $0.5M recently) converted a major portion of gains into cash.
   •   Yet he still retains a solid stake (~400K shares), keeping significant skin in the game.

Key takeaways:
Chapman leveraged his options profitably, sold a large chunk of the stock to realize gains, but still holds a meaningful stake—signifying continued confidence in IonQ’s future despite liquidity-taking moves.

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