Six months after Donald Trump's Truth Social company went public, the "lockup" agreement that kept him from selling any of his 115 million shares expired this afternoon.
abcnews.go.com
"After waiting six months -- and losing $4 billion on paper -- former President
Donald Trump faces a potential windfall from his social media company.
Half a year after the public company behind Trump's Truth Social platform
went public, the "lockup" agreement that prevented Trump from selling any of his 115 million shares expired on Thursday afternoon.
Beginning to sell his shares could allow Trump to profit handsomely from his stake in the company -- which is currently valued at approximately $1.7 billion -- but it could crater the stock for the company's diehard supporters, many of whom invested their money in the company as a sign of their support for the former president.
... While Trump's net worth has grown to $4.3 billion according to the most recent Forbes estimate, the former president owes over $560 million in civil judgments, which he is actively appealing. The majority of his personal wealth -- once built on the namesake properties that shot him to fame -- now stems from his shares in his social media company, Trump Media & Technology Group, which have fallen more than 70% since the company went public."
... Shares in the public company peaked at $66 in April, with analysts comparing the company to so-called "meme stocks" like AMC and GameStop, whose share prices surged based on
investor enthusiasm rather than financial metrics. ..." [It closed at $14.70 today]