Dageville Benoit, founder and chief architect of Snowflake, has filed 103 Form 4 transactions, all in SNOW stock. His total disclosed sales reached $247.5 million, with zero open-market purchases. The pattern is one-directional: Benoit has sold shares on a roughly biweekly schedule, with each sale ranging from $13.8 million to $16.9 million.
The most recent cluster shows eight open-market sales between July 2 and October 21, 2026. The October 21 sale of $16.1 million and the October 7 sale of $16.7 million are the latest. Earlier in the sequence, he sold $16.8 million on September 9, $15.5 million on August 26, and $16.8 million on August 12. Each sale is paired with a gift of zero value on the same day, a recurring structure across the filings. Smaller "F" codes, totaling roughly $1.2 million across six entries in September, represent shares withheld for tax obligations and are not discretionary trades.
Benoit has not bought a single share on the open market during this period. The sales are consistent in size and cadence, suggesting a pre-arranged disposition plan rather than reaction to price movements. The total sell value of $247.5 million across one company makes the direction unambiguous. There are no recent acquisitions, grants, or exercises in the data. The last transaction on record is the October 21 sale and gift.
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