Cisco Systems, Inc. CSCO Chief Executive

What Chuck Robbins says in public, and what their own SEC filings show they own.

Chuck Robbins

Chuck Robbins

Chairman & CEO · Cisco Systems, Inc.

CEO since 2015. Led Cisco's transition to software and subscriptions. Previously SVP of Worldwide Field Operations.

@ChuckRobbins
What they own

Ownership

Skin in the game
1/ 70
Level 1Steward

Robbins owns about 0% of Cisco Systems, Inc., worth $64.9M at the last close.

SEC filings
171
Stake 602,709 reported shares ≈ 0.0% of shares outstanding — no 13G on file, so an estimate 4/35
Founder Not assessed — whether they founded the company has not been researched Not assessed
Tenure No start date on record, so tenure scores nothing 0/10
Track record Not assessed — their prior companies have not been researched Not assessed
Direction Sold 665,005 shares ($53.4M) — more than a tenth of the stake — in the last year -10/15
Discipline 2 late Form 4s in 171 filings 7/10

Nobody has researched this person's career yet, so founder and track record are left out of the score and of the total above.

Score = stake band (35) + founder (15) + tenure (10) + track record (15) + 12-month direction (−10…15) + filing discipline (10). An axis we have not researched is left out of the score and of the total it is shown over. Every input links to a filing or to our own research; the bands are ours.

Reported · Forms 3, 4, 5 602,709 Every lot on the person's own filings, as of Aug 14, 2026
Last open-market trade Sale · $2.4M Aug 14, 2026 · 21,628 shares at $111.54 avg · under a 10b5-1 plan
Paper trail 2 late filings Form 4 covering a 2022-12-06 gift in CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. was filed 2022-12-13, 5 business days later; Section 16 allows two.
Reported Cisco Systems, Inc. shares Forms 3, 4 and 5 · as of 2026-08-14
0500K1M 20132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Aug 2026: net −34,375 shares across 2 movements (largest: sale −21,628)May 2026: net −34,010 shares across 2 movements (largest: sale −21,400)Feb 2026: net −27,044 shares across 2 movements (largest: sale −19,545)Nov 2025: net −130,914 shares across 4 movements (largest: sale −281,860) 602,709

Dots mark the months the activity below moved the line. Hover one for that month's net move, how many movements it folds and the largest.

How the stake is held
SecurityHeld viaShares
Common StockDirect602,709
Reported as of 2026-08-14602,709
Held directly
100%
Vehicles
None
Last filing
Aug 17, 2026
Activity · last 12 months 10 events folded from 25 filing lines · Every filing on EDGAR ↗
DateTypeWhat happenedSharesPriceValueNote
Aug 14, 2026 Sale Open-market sale across 4 lots, $110.59–$113.49 −21,628 $111.54 avg $2.4M under a 10b5-1 plan
Aug 10, 2026 Tax Shares withheld for tax −15,655 $121.44 $1.9M
May 22, 2026 Sale Open-market sale across 3 lots, $118.48–$120.37 −21,400 $120.03 avg $2.6M under a 10b5-1 plan
May 10, 2026 Tax Shares withheld for tax −15,746 $96.57 $1.5M
Feb 13, 2026 Sale Open-market sale across 4 lots, $74.12–$76.92 −19,545 $76.00 avg $1.5M under a 10b5-1 plan
Feb 10, 2026 Tax Shares withheld for tax −11,381 $86.78 $1.0M
Nov 21, 2025 Tax Shares withheld for tax −6,013 $76.10 $458K
Nov 18, 2025 Sale Open-market sale across 2 lots, $77.17–$77.63 −116,734 $77.30 avg $9.0M under a 10b5-1 plan
Nov 17, 2025 Sale Open-market sale across 2 lots, $77.83–$78.95 −281,860 $78.35 avg $22.1M under a 10b5-1 plan
Nov 14, 2025 Sale Open-market sale across 3 lots, $76.58–$78.20 −203,838 $77.82 avg $15.9M under a 10b5-1 plan
Every issuer Chuck Robbins files as an insider of
CompanyRoleReportedBeneficial% of class
CSCO CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. This page Chair and CEO 602,709
2026-08-14		 — —
BLK BlackRock, Inc. Director 3,121
2026-06-30		 — —
BLK BlackRock Inc. Director 2,807
2024-07-22		 — —

Reported is every lot on the person's own Forms 3, 4 and 5 — direct and through trusts. Beneficial is the figure stated on the latest Schedule 13D/G cover page, which can exclude shares the person disclaims and include options exercisable within 60 days, so the two are never added together.

Paper trail

171 filings under CIK 0001559655 · captured 2026-09-05 · All filings on EDGAR ↗

On the record with shareholders

Earnings calls

  1. Q4 FY2026 Aug 12, 2026 Robbins argued that Cisco's record year was earned rather than received. His frame was a "networking super cycle" driven by agentic AI, and he spent the call defending three claims underneath it: that the demand is broad rather than hyperscaler-only (enterprise orders +21%, public sector +30%, telco +30%, campus +20%), that Cisco's position with the hyperscalers was built over a decade of silicon, optics and security investment rather than handed to it, and that the AI business is still small enough to grow into — about 6% of FY2026 revenue, up from under 2%. He was also candid that Cisco is choosing lower-gross-margin hyperscaler revenue on purpose, because it carries almost no incremental operating expense, which is the argument behind a gross-margin guide that goes down while the operating-margin guide goes up. Read the call · 9 quotes →
In their own words

Podcasts, interviews & articles

9 recorded appearances

2026

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