Jeffrey W Priest

Jeffrey W Priest

CEO · GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC

Rank #6,322 SEC EDGAR (United States) ↗ Files from United States

Details

Officer of the companyGAMSEC CIK 0001317435

Computed from SEC EDGAR filings and closing prices — not copied from any wealth ranking. Dataset . How we calculate this.

Disclosed holdings
$12.1M
1-day change
▼ 1.00%
Positions on file
3
issuers disclosed in Forms 3/4/5 and Schedules 13D/G

Disclosed holdings over time 53 weekly points

What the 1 currently disclosed position would have been worth at each week’s closing price. A rising line means the shares got more valuable, not that this person bought more.

How the line is built

Share counts are as last reported to the SEC and held constant; only prices move.

2025-09-05$10.3M – $12.3M2026-09-04

Insider activity Apr 3, 2024 – Mar 12, 2026

Jeffrey W Priest is recorded in filings to the U.S. SEC via EDGAR as officer of the company, and reported 20 transactions between Apr 3, 2024 and Mar 12, 2026. The buy and sell totals below count only codes P, S.

Why the other codes are excluded

Share awards (A), shares withheld to pay tax (F), option exercises (M) and gifts (G) also appear in the table, but they are consequences of a pay package or a private transfer, not a decision to buy or sell on the open market. Counting them would turn this into a compensation ranking.

Open-market buys (code P)
$1.00M
9 purchases on file priced rows only
Open-market sales (code S)
None
0 sales on file
All reported transactions
20
every code, including awards and exercises
Pattern
Net buyer in the final 12 months of the window
last 12 months of the window

Events from filings

Detected automatically in the filings linked below. Each headline is built from the numbers in those filings, not written by a model. Newest first; events older than 45 days stay listed and are marked as older.

3 insiders bought GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC (GAM) shares worth $322,369 between Mar 20, 2026 and Apr 17, 2026

Cluster buying

3 different insiders made 7 open-market purchases of this company’s shares within a short window. Each row below is one reported trade.

3 insiders bought GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC (GAM) shares worth $322,369 between Mar 20, 2026 and Apr 17, 2026
Date Insider Transaction Shares Price Value Filing
Mar 20, 2026 Eugene S Stark P Open-market purchase 11 held after: 27,011 $24.95 $274 SEC filing ↗
Mar 27, 2026 Eugene S Stark P Open-market purchase 200 held after: 27,211 $24.92 $4,984 SEC filing ↗
Mar 30, 2026 Eugene S Stark P Open-market purchase 638 held after: 27,849 $24.95 $15,918 SEC filing ↗
Apr 8, 2026 Eugene S Stark P Open-market purchase 1,151 held after: 29,000 $24.92 $28,683 SEC filing ↗
Apr 8, 2026 Eugene S Stark P Open-market purchase 5,000 held after: 34,000 $24.85 $124,250 SEC filing ↗
Apr 8, 2026 Jeffrey W Priest P Open-market purchase 5,000 held after: 40,691 $24.69 $123,450 SEC filing ↗
Apr 17, 2026 Anang K Majmudar P Open-market purchase 1,000 held after: 11,500 $24.81 $24,810 SEC filing ↗

Total of the rows above: $322,369, in the currency the filings report.

Source: SEC EDGAR (United States); every row links to where it was published. Event computed Sep 14, 2026.

3 insiders bought GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC (GAM) shares worth $1,480,464 between Nov 12, 2025 and Dec 10, 2025

Cluster buying

3 different insiders made 11 open-market purchases of this company’s shares within a short window. Each row below is one reported trade.

3 insiders bought GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC (GAM) shares worth $1,480,464 between Nov 12, 2025 and Dec 10, 2025
Date Insider Transaction Shares Price Value Filing
Nov 12, 2025 Spencer Davidson P Open-market purchase 16,824 held after: 161,021 $24.98 $420,264 SEC filing ↗
Nov 13, 2025 Spencer Davidson P Open-market purchase 3,427 held after: 164,448 $24.98 $85,606 SEC filing ↗
Nov 14, 2025 Spencer Davidson P Open-market purchase 5,868 held after: 170,316 $24.98 $146,583 SEC filing ↗
Nov 18, 2025 Spencer Davidson P Open-market purchase 1,462 held after: 171,778 $24.98 $36,521 SEC filing ↗
Nov 24, 2025 Spencer Davidson P Open-market purchase 4,120 held after: 175,898 $24.98 $102,918 SEC filing ↗
Nov 24, 2025 Jeffrey W Priest P Open-market purchase 7,651 held after: 18,223 $24.95 $190,892 SEC filing ↗
Nov 25, 2025 Spencer Davidson P Open-market purchase 1,201 held after: 177,099 $24.98 $30,001 SEC filing ↗
Dec 8, 2025 Spencer Davidson P Open-market purchase 2,000 held after: 179,099 $25.04 $50,080 SEC filing ↗
Dec 8, 2025 Jeffrey W Priest P Open-market purchase 60 held after: 18,283 $25.00 $1,500 SEC filing ↗
Dec 8, 2025 Anang K Majmudar P Open-market purchase 36 held after: 7,641 $24.98 $899 SEC filing ↗
Dec 10, 2025 Jeffrey W Priest P Open-market purchase 16,608 held after: 34,891 $25.00 $415,200 SEC filing ↗

Total of the rows above: $1,480,464, in the currency the filings report.

Source: SEC EDGAR (United States); every row links to where it was published. Event computed Sep 14, 2026.

4 insiders bought GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC (GAM) shares worth $293,328 between Mar 6, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025

Cluster buying

4 different insiders made 7 open-market purchases of this company’s shares within a short window. Each row below is one reported trade.

4 insiders bought GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC (GAM) shares worth $293,328 between Mar 6, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025
Date Insider Transaction Shares Price Value Filing
Mar 6, 2025 Craig Anthony Grassi P Open-market purchase 650 held after: 1,000 $25.00 $16,250 SEC filing ↗
Mar 6, 2025 Eugene S Stark P Open-market purchase 2,500 held after: 14,500 $25.00 $62,500 SEC filing ↗
Mar 7, 2025 Craig Anthony Grassi P Open-market purchase 100 held after: 1,100 $24.70 $2,470 SEC filing ↗
Mar 7, 2025 Eugene S Stark P Open-market purchase 5,000 held after: 19,500 $24.70 $123,500 SEC filing ↗
Mar 7, 2025 Anang K Majmudar P Open-market purchase 900 held after: 6,300 $24.69 $22,221 SEC filing ↗
Mar 10, 2025 Anang K Majmudar P Open-market purchase 950 held after: 7,250 $24.68 $23,446 SEC filing ↗
Apr 1, 2025 Jeffrey W Priest P Open-market purchase 1,735 held after: 17,127 $24.75 $42,941 SEC filing ↗

Total of the rows above: $293,328, in the currency the filings report.

Source: SEC EDGAR (United States); every row links to where it was published. Event computed Sep 14, 2026.

3 insiders bought GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC (GAM) shares worth $198,285 between Dec 11, 2024 and Dec 31, 2024

Cluster buying

3 different insiders made 7 open-market purchases of this company’s shares within a short window. Each row below is one reported trade. At least one price in this event could not be cross-checked against other trades in the same security, so read the total with extra care.

3 insiders bought GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC (GAM) shares worth $198,285 between Dec 11, 2024 and Dec 31, 2024
Date Insider Transaction Shares Price Value Filing
Dec 11, 2024 Anang K Majmudar P Open-market purchase 400 held after: 4,402 $52.07 $20,828 SEC filing ↗
Dec 16, 2024 Jeffrey W Priest P Open-market purchase 6,000 held after: 15,392 $25.00 $150,000 SEC filing ↗
Dec 19, 2024 Anang K Majmudar P Open-market purchase 90 held after: 4,890 $24.91 $2,242 SEC filing ↗
Dec 27, 2024 Anang K Majmudar P Open-market purchase 83 held after: 4,973 $24.99 $2,074 SEC filing ↗
Dec 30, 2024 Eugene S Stark P Open-market purchase 250 held after: 4,000 $25.00 $6,250 SEC filing ↗
Dec 30, 2024 Eugene S Stark P Open-market purchase 250 held after: 11,500 $25.00 $6,250 SEC filing ↗
Dec 31, 2024 Anang K Majmudar P Open-market purchase 427 held after: 5,400 $24.92 $10,641 SEC filing ↗

Total of the rows above: $198,285, in the currency the filings report.

Source: SEC EDGAR (United States); every row links to where it was published. Event computed Sep 14, 2026.

3 insiders bought GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC (GAM) shares worth $170,354 between Apr 3, 2024 and Apr 11, 2024

Cluster buying

3 different insiders made 3 open-market purchases of this company’s shares within a short window. Each row below is one reported trade.

3 insiders bought GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC (GAM) shares worth $170,354 between Apr 3, 2024 and Apr 11, 2024
Date Insider Transaction Shares Price Value Filing
Apr 3, 2024 Jeffrey W Priest P Open-market purchase 4,000 held after: 7,200 $25.09 $100,360 SEC filing ↗
Apr 10, 2024 Eugene S Stark P Open-market purchase 2,500 held after: 10,000 $25.00 $62,500 SEC filing ↗
Apr 11, 2024 Anang K Majmudar P Open-market purchase 300 held after: 4,800 $24.98 $7,494 SEC filing ↗

Total of the rows above: $170,354, in the currency the filings report.

Source: SEC EDGAR (United States); every row links to where it was published. Event computed Sep 14, 2026.

Reported transactions

Price 0.00 is a real reported figure on gifts (G) and share awards (A) — not a missing number. The 21 most recent rows are grouped into 17 lines by date, company and transaction type — open a line to see every lot with its own source link.

How to read this list

Every row is one line of one Form 4 or Form 5, with the filing it came from. Where the record carries no price at all we leave the cell empty instead of guessing one.

The shares and money on a grouped line add up only the lots listed inside that line, and only when every one of them carries the figure. Where a group mixes more than one reporting currency we leave the money blank rather than convert — no source publishes the rate that conversion would need.

  1. GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC GAM P Open-market purchase 5,000 shares $123.5K at $24.69 SEC filing ↗
  2. GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC GAM P Open-market purchase 800 shares $19.9K at $24.90 SEC filing ↗
  3. GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC GAM J Other acquisition or dispositionnot a buy/sell decisionreported at zero 3,058 shares $0 at $0.00 SEC filing ↗
  4. GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC GAM P Open-market purchase 16,608 shares $415.2K at $25.00 SEC filing ↗
  5. GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC GAM P Open-market purchase 60 shares $1.5K at $25.00 SEC filing ↗
  6. GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC GAM P Open-market purchase 7,651 shares $190.9K at $24.95 SEC filing ↗
  7. GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC GAM J Other acquisition or dispositionnot a buy/sell decision 22,696 shares $1.43M at $62.84 SEC filing ↗
  8. GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC GAM J Other acquisition or disposition × 2not a buy/sell decision 56,669 shares $3.13M
    The 2 lots that make up this line, each with the source behind it.
    Shares Price Value Filing
    7,696 $25.08 $193.0K SEC filing ↗
    48,973 $59.95 $2.94M SEC filing ↗
  9. GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC GAM P Open-market purchase 1,141 shares $28.2K at $24.75 SEC filing ↗
  10. GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC GAM J Other acquisition or dispositionnot a buy/sell decisionreported at zero 1,225 shares $0 at $0.00 SEC filing ↗
  11. GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC GAM P Open-market purchase 1,735 shares $42.9K at $24.75 SEC filing ↗
  12. GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC GAM J Other acquisition or dispositionnot a buy/sell decisionreported at zero 5,163 shares $0 at $0.00 SEC filing ↗
  13. GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC GAM J Other acquisition or disposition × 3not a buy/sell decision 9,254 shares $483.6K
    The 3 lots that make up this line, each with the source behind it.
    Shares Price Value Filing
    267 $52.26 $14.0K SEC filing ↗
    2,743 $52.26 $143.3K SEC filing ↗
    6,244 $52.26 $326.3K SEC filing ↗
  14. GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC GAM P Open-market purchase 6,000 shares $150.0K at $25.00 SEC filing ↗
  15. GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC GAM P Open-market purchase 2,192 shares $54.1K at $24.67 SEC filing ↗
  16. GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC GAM G Bona fide gift × 2not a buy/sell decision 1,460 shares $70.9K
    The 2 lots that make up this line, each with the source behind it.
    Shares Price Value Filing
    730 $48.55 $35.4K SEC filing ↗
    730 $48.55 $35.4K SEC filing ↗
  17. GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC GAM P Open-market purchase 4,000 shares $100.4K at $25.09 SEC filing ↗

Disclosed holdings

Shares is the amount on the form; value is that amount times the closing price shown. Rows with no closing price are left blank, so they may add up to less than the headline figure.

What is not counted here

Each row is one filing you can open. Private companies, real estate, bonds and crypto are not in SEC insider filings and are therefore not counted here.

Equity positions disclosed to the SEC, with the source filing behind each row.
Issuer Ticker Security Shares Close Value Form Reported Filing
GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC GAM Common Stock (indirect) 181,655 $66.48 $12.1M 4 EDGAR ↗
GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC 5.95% Preferred Stock 62,932 4 EDGAR ↗
GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC GAM (indirect) 184,713 4 EDGAR ↗

Other insiders at the same companies

People who also file with the SEC at a company where Jeffrey W Priest reports shares.

Sharing a filing does not mean they work together day to day — it means both names appear on the same issuer’s insider record.

Sources

The filings linked in the tables above are the sources for every figure on this page.

Portrait photograph: GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC (company-published photograph). Original file page on generalamericaninvestors.com ↗

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Profile record last refreshed Sep 8, 2026.