MetLife CEO Michel Khalaf Sells 187,425 Shares for $19.3 Million
As seen on the 24/7 Wall St. homepage on November 12, 2026.
MetLife's CEO exercised 248,729 options at strikes between $44.65 and $47.58 and immediately sold 187,425 shares near $103, pocketing roughly $19.3 million. He still holds 759,013 shares, so it is monetization, but a same-day cashout worth noting at these levels.
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Michel Khalaf exercised options struck between $44.65 and $47.58 and sold 187,425 of the resulting shares near $103 each on November 12, 2026.
Khalaf locked in gains that had been building for years, and the same-day nature of the sale marks this as a deliberate monetization decision.
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Even so, the transaction represents only about 0.25% of his total holdings. After the sale, Khalaf still holds 759,013 shares, keeping his economic interest in the company substantial and his incentives broadly aligned with outside shareholders.
What investors will want to watch is whether additional executives follow with their own sales at these price levels, which would signal broader insider sentiment about the stock's near-term ceiling. A single CEO cashout at this scale is notable but not unusual; a pattern would carry more weight.
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