HipMojo.com http://watchmojo.com/web/blog Covering Online Video, Web, Search, Investing, Technology, Strategy, Investing, M&A, Financing, VCs Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:53:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 en $1B going once, sold for $61M http://watchmojo.com/web/blog/index.php/2008/03/27/1b-going-once-sold-for-61m/ http://watchmojo.com/web/blog/index.php/2008/03/27/1b-going-once-sold-for-61m/#comments Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:26:24 +0000 Ashkan Karbasfrooshan Bear StearnsFinancingInvestingJP Morgan ChaseManagement http://watchmojo.com/web/blog/index.php/2008/03/27/1b-going-once-sold-for-61m/ As a long-time trader, I’ll admit: it’s impossible to time a high or low… but as an entrepreneur, I think it’s somewhat easy to bide your time and sell your company at the right time.  But what about the chairman of a well-established, developed company?

Bear Stearns Cos. Chairman James Cayne on Thursday dumped his entire stake in the embattled investment bank for $61 million as it appears closer to a takeover by JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Cayne sold 5.66 million shares for exactly $10.84 a share on March 25, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. His stake was once valued at about $1 billion when the stock was trading at $171.50 per share.

His stake at one point plunged to about $27 million when JPMorgan announced nearly two weeks ago it would acquire the No. 5 U.S. investment bank for $2 per share. JPMorgan later upped that offer to $10 per share,

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