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    Duolingo CEO Sells 100% of Direct Class A Shares for $4.3M Under 10b5-1 Plan

    Question

    Duolingo CEO Sells 100% of Direct Class A Shares for $4.3M Under 10b5-1 Plan

    Direct answer

    Regulatory filings revealed that Duolingo Chief Executive Officer Luis von Ahn liquidated his direct position of 28,292 Class A shares, realizing $4.3 million on September 16, 2026. The transaction fully divests his directly-owned Class A stock. The execution was conducted in accordance with a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading schedule. Voting control and economic alignment remain anchored by von Ahn's continued ownership of approximately 3.4 million Class B super-voting shares.

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    Market Ontology
    Evidence through
    2026-09-20
    Published
    2026-10-20
    Revision
    1 · 2026-10-20

    Cite as: Market Ontology, “Duolingo CEO Sells 100% of Direct Class A Shares for $4.3M Under 10b5-1 Plan”, revision 1, evidence through 2026-09-20. https://marketontology.com/market-events/2026-09-20/duolingo-ceo-sells-100-of-direct-class-a-shares-for-4-3m-under-10b5-1-plan-2905b1

    EQUITY
    Duolingo CEO Sells 100% of Direct Class A Shares for $4.3M Under 10b5-1 Plan
    Regulatory filings revealed that Duolingo Chief Executive Officer Luis von Ahn liquidated his direct position of 28,292 Class A shares, realizing $4.3 million on September 16, 2026. The transaction fully divests his directly-owned Class A stock. The execution was conducted in accordance with a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading schedule. Voting control and economic alignment remain anchored by von Ahn's continued ownership of approximately 3.4 million Class B super-voting shares.
    DUOL
    Impact
    58
    SEP 20
    SIG
    90%
    DUOL
    Duolingo CEO Sells 100% of Direct Class A Shares for $4.3M Under 10b5-1 Plan
    Regulatory filings revealed that Duolingo Chief Executive Officer Luis von Ahn liquidated his direct position of 28,292 Class A shares, realizing $4.3 million on September 16, 2026. The transaction fully divests his directly-owned Class A stock. The execution was conducted in accordance with a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading schedule. Voting control and economic alignment remain anchored by von Ahn's continued ownership of approximately 3.4 million Class B super-voting shares.
    → Pre-scheduled Rule 10b5-1 insider equity sales introduce secondary Class A share supply into the market while leaving corporate voting control unchanged via Class B super-voting shares.
    Impact
    Regulatory filings revealed that Duolingo Chief Executive Officer Luis von Ahn liquidated his direct position of 28,292 Class A shares, realizing $4.3 million on September 16, 2026. The transaction fully divests his directly-owned Class A stock. The execution was conducted in accordance with a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading schedule. Voting control and economic alignment remain anchored by von Ahn's continued ownership of approximately 3.4 million Class B super-voting shares.
    Affected
    DUOL
    Transmission
    Pre-scheduled Rule 10b5-1 insider equity sales introduce secondary Class A share supply into the market while leaving corporate voting control unchanged via Class B super-voting shares.

    How this development reaches the affected companies

    AssetExposure and channelDirectionEvidence
    DUOLinsider equity supply via Rule 10b5-1 executionWatch1-5dSource reports CEO sold 28,292 Class A shares for $4.3M while maintaining ~3.4M Class B shares.

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