Apple Chief Executive, Tim Cook has received more than five million shares in the technology giant, as he marks ten years in the job.
A company filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission shows that he sold most of the shares for more than seven hundred million dollars.
It is part of a deal he struck when he took over from co-founder Steve Jobs.
Apple in the filing with the SEC, said was eligible for the award as the company’s shares had risen by 191.83% over the last three years.
It also noted that Apple’s share price has increased 1,200% since he became chief executive on 24 August 2011.
The company behind the iPhone, iPad and MacBook now has a market valuation of almost 2.5 trillion dollars.