Vistra Corp. VST Chief Executive

What Jim Burke says in public, and what their own SEC filings show they own.

Jim Burke

Jim Burke

President & CEO · Vistra Corp.

CEO since August 2022. With Vistra and its predecessor companies since 2004; previously president and CFO (2020-2022) and COO (2016-2020), and CEO of TXU Energy.

What they own

Ownership

Skin in the game
23/ 100
Level 1Steward

Burke owns about 0% of Vistra Corp., worth $248.1M at the last close.

SEC filings
106
Stake 1.7M reported shares ≈ 0.5% of shares outstanding — no 13G on file, so an estimate 12/35
Founder No career file yet — the founder axis scores zero until one exists 0/15
Tenure Start date not on file — tenure scores zero until it is 0/10
Track record No career file yet — prior companies score zero until one exists 0/15
Direction Exercise-and-sell — 44,502 shares ($7.2M) sold, all covered by option exercises; the underlying stake is flat 4/15
Discipline 2 late Form 4s in 106 filings 7/10

Score = stake band (35) + founder (15) + tenure (10) + track record (15) + 12-month direction (−10…15) + filing discipline (10). Every input links to a filing or to the career file; the bands are ours.

Reported · Forms 3, 4, 5 1.7M Every lot on the person's own filings, as of Sep 1, 2026
Last open-market trade Buy · $604K Sep 1, 2026 · 4,465 shares at $135.25 · no 10b5-1 plan
Paper trail 2 late filings Form 4 covering a 2025-12-11 option or RSU conversion in Vistra Corp. was filed 2025-12-16, 3 business days later; Section 16 allows two.
Reported Vistra Corp. shares Forms 3, 4 and 5 · as of 2026-09-01
0500K1M2M2M 2017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Sep 1, 2026: buy of 4,465 sharesAug 31, 2026: buy of 2,200 sharesMar 5, 2026: award of 28,281 sharesFeb 24, 2026: award of 320,000 sharesDec 12, 2025: exercise of 55,498 shares 1.7M

Dots mark the months the activity below moved the line. Hover one for the filing.

How the stake is held
SecurityHeld viaShares
Common StockJAMEB, LP, a limited partnership jointly owned by Reporting Person and his spouse1,146,352
Common StockJAMEB, LP, a limited partnership jointly owned by the Reporting Person and his spouse385,260
Common StockDirect61,690
Common Stockthe James A. Burke 2012 Irrevocable Trust, dated 12/03/201234,000
Common Stockthe James A. Burke Irrevocable Trust, dated 12/03/201234,000
Common Stockthe Marti E. Burke 2012 Irrevocable Trust, dated 10/16/2012259
Common Stockthe Marti E. Burke 2012 Irrevocable Trust, dated259
Common Stockthe Marti E. Burke 2012 Irrevocable Trust,259
Reported as of 2026-09-011,662,079
Held directly
4%
Vehicles
7 trusts or entities
Last filing
Sep 2, 2026
Activity · last 12 months 10 events folded from 121 filing lines · Every filing on EDGAR ↗
DateTypeWhat happenedSharesPriceValueNote
Sep 1, 2026 Buy Open-market purchase +4,465 $135.25 $604K Through JAMEB, LP, a limited partnership jointly owned by Reporting Person and his spouse · no 10b5-1 plan
Aug 31, 2026 Buy Open-market purchase +2,200 $135.99 $299K Through JAMEB, LP, a limited partnership jointly owned by Reporting Person and his spouse · no 10b5-1 plan
Aug 24, 2026 Buy Open-market purchase +2,000 $135.00 $270K Through JAMEB, LP, a limited partnership jointly owned by Reporting Person and his spouse · no 10b5-1 plan
Mar 5, 2026 Award Grant or award +28,281
Mar 5, 2026 Tax Shares withheld for tax −9,380 $167.40 $1.6M
Feb 24, 2026 Award Grant or award +320,000 $171.62 $54.9M
Feb 24, 2026 Tax Shares withheld for tax across 2 lots −139,040 $171.62 $23.9M
Dec 12, 2025 Exercise Option or RSU conversion across 2 lots +55,498 $14.03 $779K
Dec 11, 2025 Exercise Option or RSU conversion across 2 lots +44,502 $14.03 $624K
Dec 11, 2025 Sale Open-market sale across 2 lots −44,502 $162.05 $7.2M under a 10b5-1 plan
Every issuer Jim Burke files as an insider of
CompanyRoleReportedBeneficial% of class
VST Vistra Corp. This page President and CEO 1,662,079
2026-09-01
GEXC GEXA CORP President and COO 25,000
2003-10-18

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
  • Late Form 4 covering a 2025-12-11 option or RSU conversion in Vistra Corp. was filed 2025-12-16, 3 business days later; Section 16 allows two. Filing ↗
  • Form 144 Form 144 filed 2025-12-11 announces an intended sale. Filing ↗
  • Form 144 Form 144 filed 2025-11-12 announces an intended sale. Filing ↗
  • Late Form 4 covering a 2018-04-09 grant or award in Vistra Energy Corp. was filed 2019-02-14, 214 business days later; Section 16 allows two. Filing ↗
  • Amended 4/A filed 2025-12-16 amends an earlier report of a 2025-12-12 option or RSU conversion in Vistra Corp.. Filing ↗
  • Gift 2025-12: gifted 55,490 Vistra Corp. shares — a gift reports no price and no recipient (2 filings). Filing ↗

106 filings under CIK 0001268406 · captured 2026-09-05 · All filings on EDGAR ↗

On the record with shareholders

Earnings calls

  1. Q2 2026 Aug 7, 2026 Burke argued that the second quarter matters less than what happened after it: PJM and ERCOT both set all-time summer peaks in July, and he read those peaks as proof that the structural demand story is arriving on schedule and that the grids can carry it. He was deliberately unromantic about data centres — roughly two of the five to six points of Texas load growth, with reshoring, electrification and population doing the rest — and he wants the interconnection queue culled rather than defended, because eight speculative projects in one county around a nuclear plant is how a real one gets blocked. On policy he pressed for incentives over mandates for large-load flexibility, and on ERCOT's soft forwards he blamed recency bias and a battery fleet earning a fifth of what its investors expected. The Helix commitment with KKR, NVIDIA and the Kuwait Investment Authority he framed as an option, not an obligation: up to $1 billion, half of it milestone-gated, bought in exchange for being the platform's preferred power partner. Read the call · 8 quotes →
In their own words

Podcasts, interviews & articles

2 recorded appearances

2025

Jim Burke of Vistra Corp. at NYSE Texas
Interview New York Stock Exchange · Sep 3, 2025 · 2 min

Jim Burke of Vistra Corp. at NYSE Texas

Short remarks marking Vistra's dual listing on NYSE Texas as a founding member, effective 19 August 2025. Burke leans on the company's Dallas lineage — its predecessor first lit the city in 1882 — while the NYSE stays the primary exchange.

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