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Narrative Analysis - Report

Key Focus

Arista's code of conduct states that "employees who possess material, nonpublic information gained through their work at Arista may not trade in Arista securities or the securities of another company to which the information pertains." ...

Arista and the other company, which was not named in court documents, had a history of sharing confidential information under nondisclosure agreements. ...

No momentum supporting factor found

Challenge supporting factors

(company,executive,trading)

(company,trading)

(company,executive,san_francisco)

(insider,company,san_francisco)

(insider,san_francisco)

(trading,insider,san_francisco)

(company,executive,panuwat)

(insider,company,panuwat)

(company,executive,medivation)

(insider,company,medivation)

(trading,insider,medivation)

(company,executive,insider)

(bechtolsheim,google,sergey_brin)

(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,sergey_brin)

(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,sergey_brin)

Work-in-progress supporting factors

(company,arista,information)

(company,information,confidential)

(company,executive,acacia)

(company,confidential)

(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,stock)

(bechtolsheim,stock)

(bechtolsheim,market)

(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,market)

(company,silicon_valley)

(company,executive,information)

(company,arista,trade)

(company,information,trade)

(company,trade)

(bechtolsheim,arista,stock)

(company,arista,stock)

Time Period	Challenge	Momentum	WIP
Report	17.10	0.00	82.90

High Level Abstraction (HLA) combined

High Level Abstraction (HLA)	Report
(1) (company,arista,information)	100.00
(2) (company,information,confidential)	83.72
(3) (company,executive,acacia)	80.33
(4) (company,confidential)	76.82
(5) (bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,stock)	75.83
(6) (bechtolsheim,stock)	75.55
(7) (bechtolsheim,market)	70.21
(8) (bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,market)	69.92
(9) (company,silicon_valley)	69.75
(10) (company,executive,information)	49.29
(11) (company,arista,trade)	48.66
(12) (company,information,trade)	48.44
(13) (company,trade)	48.41
(14) (bechtolsheim,arista,stock)	48.02
(15) (company,arista,stock)	47.38
(16) (company,arista,silicon_valley)	46.99
(17) (company,arista,nonpublic)	46.60
(18) (company,information,nonpublic)	46.43
(19) (company,arista,nondisclosure)	46.07
(20) (company,executive,nondisclosure)	45.79
(21) (company,information,nondisclosure)	45.61
(22) (bechtolsheim,arista,market)	45.19
(23) (company,arista,market)	44.55
(24) (company,arista,executive)	44.23
(25) (bechtolsheim,arista,employees)	43.56
(26) (company,arista,employees)	43.21
(27) (company,arista,court)	42.85
(28) (company,arista,confidential)	42.46
(29) (bechtolsheim,google,investment)	42.39
(30) (company,information,sale)	41.68
(31) (company,information,phone)	41.54
(32) (company,information,exchange_commission)	41.44
(33) (company,information,court)	41.40
(34) (company,executive,trading)	41.12
(35) (company,trading)	41.08
(36) (company,executive,bechtolsheim)	41.01
(37) (company,executive,thinking)	39.46
(38) (company,executive,san_francisco)	39.21
(39) (insider,company,san_francisco)	39.00
(40) (insider,san_francisco)	38.85
(41) (trading,insider,san_francisco)	38.75
(42) (company,executive,panuwat)	38.57
(43) (insider,company,panuwat)	38.39
(44) (company,executive,medivation)	38.11
(45) (insider,company,medivation)	37.90
(46) (trading,insider,medivation)	37.69
(47) (company,executive,insider)	37.62
(48) (company,acacia)	37.33
(49) (company,bechtolsheim,acacia)	37.26
(50) (company,bechtolsheim,thinking)	36.48
(51) (company,thinking)	36.41
(52) (bechtolsheim,trading,company,risky)	36.09
(53) (bechtolsheim,trading,risky)	35.99
(54) (company,bechtolsheim,risky)	35.70
(55) (insider,company,risky)	35.49
(56) (bechtolsheim,trading,company,benefit)	35.31
(57) (company,bechtolsheim,benefit)	35.21
(58) (insider,company,benefit)	35.10
(59) (company,technology)	34.75
(60) (company,stock)	34.71
(61) (bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,valuation)	34.15
(62) (bechtolsheim,google,valuation)	33.16
(63) (bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,valuation)	33.01
(64) (bechtolsheim,sun,valuation)	32.94
(65) (bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,sun)	32.52
(66) (bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,technology)	32.38
(67) (bechtolsheim,google,technology)	31.42
(68) (bechtolsheim,arista,company)	31.42
(69) (bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,technology)	31.25
(70) (bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,sun)	30.71
(71) (bechtolsheim,google,sun)	29.76
(72) (bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,stock)	29.05
(73) (bechtolsheim,google,stock)	28.10
(74) (bechtolsheim,sun,stock)	27.67
(75) (bechtolsheim,google,sergey_brin)	27.28
(76) (bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,sergey_brin)	26.47
(77) (bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,sergey_brin)	26.08
(78) (bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,market)	25.80
(79) (bechtolsheim,sun,market)	24.98
(80) (bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,lore)	24.73
(81) (bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,lore)	24.17
(82) (bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,larry_page)	23.92
(83) (bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,larry_page)	23.32
(84) (bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,investor)	23.14
(85) (bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,investor)	22.51
(86) (bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,investments)	22.33
(87) (bechtolsheim,investment)	20.10
(88) (bechtolsheim,google,trading)	19.36
(89) (bechtolsheim,google,steven_levy)	18.68
(90) (bechtolsheim,google,profit)	18.15
(91) (bechtolsheim,insider,profit)	17.48
(92) (bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,company)	17.30
(93) (bechtolsheim,trading,insider,profit)	17.09
(94) (bechtolsheim,trading,profit)	16.95
(95) (bechtolsheim,google,plex)	16.60
(96) (bechtolsheim,investments)	15.22
(97) (bechtolsheim,arista,silicon_valley)	13.80
(98) (bechtolsheim,arista,opportunities)	13.31
(99) (bechtolsheim,arista,investments)	12.99
(100) (bechtolsheim,arista,funder)	12.56

Supporting narratives:

Please refer to knowledge diagram for a complete set of supporting narratives.

challenge - Back to HLA

Another recent Bay Area insider trading case shows how shadow trading works. Matthew Panuwat, an executive at the San Francisco biopharmaceutical company Medivation, was informed in August 2016 that Pfizer was acquiring his company ...
High Level Abstractions:

(company,executive,insider)
(insider,company,san_francisco)
(trading,insider,san_francisco)
(company,trading)
(insider,company,bay_area)
(company,executive,panuwat)
(insider,company,panuwat)
(company,executive,san_francisco)
(company,executive,trading)
(insider,company,biopharmaceutical)
(insider,san_francisco)
Inferred entity relationships (18)
(company,insider,medivation) [inferred]
(company,executive,information) [inferred]
(company,executive,insider) [inferred]
(executive,insider) [inferred]
(company,insider,panuwat) [inferred]
(company,executive,trading) [inferred]
(insider,san_francisco) [inferred]
(insider,panuwat) [inferred]
(company,insider,risky) [inferred]
(company,executive,panuwat) [inferred]
(company,executive,nondisclosure) [inferred]
(company,executive,san_francisco) [inferred]
(company,executive,thinking) [inferred]
(company,insider,san_francisco) [inferred]
(insider,san_francisco,trading) [inferred]
(insider,panuwat,trading) [inferred]
(company,executive,medivation) [inferred]
(company,insider,trading) [inferred]

challenge - Back to HLA

Another recent Bay Area insider trading case shows how shadow trading works. Matthew Panuwat, an executive at the San Francisco biopharmaceutical company Medivation, was informed in August 2016 that Pfizer was acquiring his company. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(insider,company,medivation)
(trading,insider,company)
(company,executive,medivation)
(trading,insider,medivation)
Inferred entity relationships (13)
(company,insider,risky) [inferred]
(company,executive,panuwat) [inferred]
(company,insider,medivation) [inferred]
(company,executive,information) [inferred]
(company,executive,nondisclosure) [inferred]
(company,executive,insider) [inferred]
(insider,medivation,trading) [inferred]
(company,executive,san_francisco) [inferred]
(company,executive,thinking) [inferred]
(company,insider,panuwat) [inferred]
(company,insider,san_francisco) [inferred]
(company,executive,trading) [inferred]
(company,insider,trading) [inferred]

challenge - Back to HLA

Bechtolsheim's funding of Google in 1998 that made him a permanent part of Silicon Valley lore. The deal happened at a moment when Google's founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, weren't even sure they wanted to build a company around their homemade search technology ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,sergey_brin)
(bechtolsheim,google,sergey_brin)
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,larry_page)
(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,larry_page)
(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,sergey_brin)
Inferred entity relationships (22)
(bechtolsheim,google,market,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,lore,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sergey_brin) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,stock) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,stock) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,steven_levy) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,investment) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,technology) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sun) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,larry_page,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,insider) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,investor,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,sun) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,plex) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,investments,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sergey_brin,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,valuation) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,insider,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,valuation) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,profit) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,technology) [inferred]

challenge - Back to HLA

It was Mr. Bechtolsheim's funding of Google in 1998 that made him a permanent part of Silicon Valley lore. The deal happened at a moment when Google's founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, weren't even sure they wanted to build a company around their homemade search technology ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,lore)
(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,lore)
Inferred entity relationships (22)
(bechtolsheim,google,market,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sergey_brin) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,stock) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,stock) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,steven_levy) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,investment) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,technology) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sun) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,lore,sun) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,larry_page,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,insider) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,investor,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,sun) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,plex) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,investments,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sergey_brin,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,valuation) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,insider,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,valuation) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,profit) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,technology) [inferred]

challenge - Back to HLA

The entrepreneur made one of the most celebrated investments in the history of Silicon Valley - the initial $100,000 that bankrolled a search engine called Google in 1998 - while on the way to work one morning ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,investments)
Inferred entity relationships (21)
(bechtolsheim,google,investor,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,market,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,lore,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sergey_brin) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,sun) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,plex) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,stock) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,stock) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,steven_levy) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sergey_brin,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,investment) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,valuation) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,insider,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,technology) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sun) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,valuation) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,larry_page,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,profit) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,insider) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,technology) [inferred]

challenge - Back to HLA

Joy said in a 1999 oral history with Mr. Bechtolsheim.. . Mr. Bechtolsheim didn't leave. In 2008, he co-founded Arista, a Silicon Valley computer networking company that went public and now has 4,000 employees and a stock market value of $100 billion ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,arista,silicon_valley)
Inferred entity relationships (14)
(arista,bechtolsheim,investments) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,opportunities) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,funder) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,technology) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,stock) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,stock) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,desirable) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,computer) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,employees) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,market) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,executive) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,valuation) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,company) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,sun) [inferred]

challenge - Back to HLA

Bechtolsheim, 68, settled the insider trading charges without admitting wrongdoing. He agreed to pay a fine of more than $900,000 and will not serve as an officer or director of a public company for five years. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,insider,director)
(bechtolsheim,trading,insider,director)
Inferred entity relationships (2)
(bechtolsheim,director,insider,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,director,insider) [inferred]

challenge - Back to HLA

Panuwat's verdict, saying that "there was nothing novel" about the case: "This was insider trading, pure and simple." A lawyer for Mr. Panuwat didn't return a request for comment.. . The agency also considers Mr. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,trading,panuwat)
(trading,panuwat)
(trading,lawyer)
(bechtolsheim,trading,lawyer)
Inferred entity relationships (2)
(panuwat,trading) [inferred]
(lawyer,trading) [inferred]

challenge - Back to HLA

Perhaps this was subterfuge, or perhaps it was a gift. The investor and his lawyer didn't respond to emails for comment.. . Insider trading is typically "a crime of passion," said Michael D ...
High Level Abstractions:

(trading,insider,lawyer)
(trading,lawyer)
(insider,lawyer)
(trading,insider,investor)
Inferred entity relationships (5)
(insider,lawyer) [inferred]
(investor,trading) [inferred]
(lawyer,trading) [inferred]
(insider,investor) [inferred]
(insider,lawyer,trading) [inferred]

challenge - Back to HLA

The entrepreneur made one of the most celebrated investments in the history of Silicon Valley - the initial $100,000 that bankrolled a search engine called Google in 1998 - while on the way to work one morning. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(trading,insider,google)
Inferred entity relationships (1)
(google,insider) [inferred]

challenge - Back to HLA

. Another recent Bay Area insider trading case shows how shadow trading works. Matthew Panuwat, an executive at the San Francisco biopharmaceutical company Medivation, was informed in August 2016 that Pfizer was acquiring his company ...
High Level Abstractions:

(insider,executive)

WIP - Back to HLA

Arista and the other company, which was not named in court documents, had a history of sharing confidential information under nondisclosure agreements. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(company,arista,information)
(company,information,nondisclosure)
(company,information,confidential)
(company,executive,information)
(company,executive,nondisclosure)
(company,information,court)
(company,arista,nondisclosure)
Inferred entity relationships (25)
(company,information,phone) [inferred]
(company,information,trade) [inferred]
(company,executive,information) [inferred]
(company,information,nonpublic) [inferred]
(company,executive,insider) [inferred]
(arista,company,information) [inferred]
(company,executive,trading) [inferred]
(arista,company,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(arista,company,nondisclosure) [inferred]
(arista,company,stock) [inferred]
(company,information,sale) [inferred]
(company,executive,panuwat) [inferred]
(arista,company,court) [inferred]
(company,information,nondisclosure) [inferred]
(company,executive,nondisclosure) [inferred]
(arista,company,employees) [inferred]
(arista,company,executive) [inferred]
(company,confidential) [inferred]
(arista,company,confidential) [inferred]
(company,executive,san_francisco) [inferred]
(company,executive,thinking) [inferred]
(arista,company,trade) [inferred]
(company,executive,medivation) [inferred]
(arista,company,nonpublic) [inferred]
(arista,company,market) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

Arista's code of conduct states that "employees who possess material, nonpublic information gained through their work at Arista may not trade in Arista securities or the securities of another company to which the information pertains." ...
High Level Abstractions:

(company,arista,information)
(company,information,nonpublic)
(company,arista,trade)
(company,information,trade)
(company,arista,nonpublic)
(company,trade)
Inferred entity relationships (17)
(company,information,phone) [inferred]
(company,information,sale) [inferred]
(company,information,trade) [inferred]
(arista,company,court) [inferred]
(company,information,nonpublic) [inferred]
(company,information,nondisclosure) [inferred]
(arista,company,employees) [inferred]
(arista,company,executive) [inferred]
(arista,company,confidential) [inferred]
(company,trade) [inferred]
(arista,company,information) [inferred]
(arista,company,trade) [inferred]
(arista,company,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(arista,company,nondisclosure) [inferred]
(arista,company,stock) [inferred]
(arista,company,nonpublic) [inferred]
(arista,company,market) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

In 2008, he co-founded Arista, a Silicon Valley computer networking company that went public and now has 4,000 employees and a stock market value of $100 billion. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,arista,stock)
(bechtolsheim,arista,employees)
(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,stock)
(bechtolsheim,market)
(company,arista,stock)
(bechtolsheim,arista,market)
(bechtolsheim,stock)
(company,arista,employees)
(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,market)
(company,arista,market)
Inferred entity relationships (31)
(arista,bechtolsheim,opportunities) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,funder) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,employees) [inferred]
(arista,company,information) [inferred]
(company,stock) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,market) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,executive) [inferred]
(arista,company,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(arista,company,nondisclosure) [inferred]
(arista,company,stock) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,stock) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,investments) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,market,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,market,sun) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,stock,sun) [inferred]
(arista,company,court) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,technology) [inferred]
(arista,company,employees) [inferred]
(arista,company,executive) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,stock) [inferred]
(arista,company,confidential) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,desirable) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,market) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,computer) [inferred]
(arista,company,trade) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,valuation) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,company) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,sun) [inferred]
(arista,company,nonpublic) [inferred]
(arista,company,market) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

Bechtolsheim didn't leave. In 2008, he co-founded Arista, a Silicon Valley computer networking company that went public and now has 4,000 employees and a stock market value of $100 billion ...
High Level Abstractions:

(company,arista,silicon_valley)
Inferred entity relationships (11)
(arista,company,court) [inferred]
(arista,company,employees) [inferred]
(arista,company,executive) [inferred]
(arista,company,confidential) [inferred]
(arista,company,information) [inferred]
(arista,company,trade) [inferred]
(company,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(arista,company,nondisclosure) [inferred]
(arista,company,stock) [inferred]
(arista,company,nonpublic) [inferred]
(arista,company,market) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

Bechtolsheim was chair of Arista's board when an executive from another company called in 2019, according to the S.E.C. Arista and the other company, which was not named in court documents, had a history of sharing confidential information under nondisclosure agreements ...
High Level Abstractions:

(company,arista,executive)
Inferred entity relationships (18)
(company,executive,panuwat) [inferred]
(arista,company,court) [inferred]
(company,executive,information) [inferred]
(company,executive,nondisclosure) [inferred]
(arista,company,employees) [inferred]
(arista,company,confidential) [inferred]
(company,executive,insider) [inferred]
(company,executive,san_francisco) [inferred]
(company,executive,thinking) [inferred]
(arista,company,information) [inferred]
(arista,company,trade) [inferred]
(company,executive,medivation) [inferred]
(company,executive,trading) [inferred]
(arista,company,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(arista,company,nondisclosure) [inferred]
(arista,company,stock) [inferred]
(arista,company,nonpublic) [inferred]
(arista,company,market) [inferred]

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Bechtolsheim was chair of Arista's board when an executive from another company called in 2019, according to the S.E.C. Arista and the other company, which was not named in court documents, had a history of sharing confidential information under nondisclosure agreements. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(company,arista,confidential)
(company,confidential)
(company,arista,court)
Inferred entity relationships (14)
(arista,company,court) [inferred]
(arista,company,employees) [inferred]
(arista,company,executive) [inferred]
(company,confidential) [inferred]
(arista,company,confidential) [inferred]
(arista,company,information) [inferred]
(company,confidential,information) [inferred]
(arista,company,trade) [inferred]
(company,court,information) [inferred]
(arista,company,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(arista,company,nondisclosure) [inferred]
(arista,company,stock) [inferred]
(arista,company,nonpublic) [inferred]
(arista,company,market) [inferred]

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He got a phone call about the imminent sale of a tech company and allegedly traded on the confidential information, according to charges filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(company,information,confidential)
(bechtolsheim,information)
(company,information,exchange_commission)
Inferred entity relationships (1)
(company,confidential) [inferred]

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He got a phone call about the imminent sale of a tech company and allegedly traded on the confidential information, according to charges filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission ...
High Level Abstractions:

(company,information,phone)
(company,information,sale)
Inferred entity relationships (5)
(company,information,phone) [inferred]
(company,information,sale) [inferred]
(company,information,trade) [inferred]
(company,information,nonpublic) [inferred]
(company,information,nondisclosure) [inferred]

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. This executive told Mr. Bechtolsheim that a smaller networking company, Acacia, was in play, according to the S.E.C. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(company,executive,bechtolsheim)
(company,executive,acacia)
Inferred entity relationships (19)
(bechtolsheim,company,insider,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,director,trading) [inferred]
(company,executive,panuwat) [inferred]
(company,executive,information) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,merger,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,regulators,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,risky,trading) [inferred]
(company,executive,nondisclosure) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,insider) [inferred]
(company,executive,insider) [inferred]
(acacia,company) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,flag,trading) [inferred]
(company,executive,san_francisco) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,risky) [inferred]
(company,executive,thinking) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,thinking) [inferred]
(company,executive,medivation) [inferred]
(company,executive,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,silicon_valley) [inferred]

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The executive's company had been thinking of acquiring Acacia, but now another firm was making a bid. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(company,executive,acacia)
(company,executive,thinking)
Inferred entity relationships (9)
(company,executive,san_francisco) [inferred]
(company,executive,thinking) [inferred]
(company,executive,panuwat) [inferred]
(company,executive,information) [inferred]
(company,executive,nondisclosure) [inferred]
(company,executive,medivation) [inferred]
(company,executive,trading) [inferred]
(company,executive,insider) [inferred]
(acacia,company) [inferred]

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. This executive told Mr. Bechtolsheim that a smaller networking company, Acacia, was in play, according to the S.E.C. The executive's company had been thinking of acquiring Acacia, but now another firm was making a bid ...
High Level Abstractions:

(company,acacia)
(company,bechtolsheim,acacia)
Inferred entity relationships (12)
(bechtolsheim,company,insider,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,director,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,merger,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,regulators,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,risky,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,insider) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,flag,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,risky) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,executive) [inferred]
(acacia,company,executive) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,thinking) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,silicon_valley) [inferred]

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Bechtolsheim that a smaller networking company, Acacia, was in play, according to the S.E.C. The executive's company had been thinking of acquiring Acacia, but now another firm was making a bid. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(company,bechtolsheim,thinking)
(company,thinking)
Inferred entity relationships (11)
(bechtolsheim,company,insider,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,director,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,merger,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,regulators,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,risky,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,insider) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,flag,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,risky) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,executive) [inferred]
(company,thinking) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,silicon_valley) [inferred]

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Bechtolsheim was accused of doing, or in a company that is not directly involved in the deal but is likely to benefit from it, must seem less risky. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(company,bechtolsheim,risky)
(bechtolsheim,trading,company,risky)
(company,bechtolsheim,benefit)
(bechtolsheim,trading,risky)
(insider,company,risky)
(insider,company,benefit)
(bechtolsheim,trading,company,benefit)
Inferred entity relationships (21)
(bechtolsheim,company,insider,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,director,trading) [inferred]
(company,insider,medivation) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,risky) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,executive) [inferred]
(company,insider,panuwat) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,benefit,company,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,benefit,company) [inferred]
(company,trading) [inferred]
(company,insider,risky) [inferred]
(benefit,company,insider) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,merger,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,regulators,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,risky,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,insider) [inferred]
(insider,risky) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,flag,trading) [inferred]
(company,insider,san_francisco) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,thinking) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(company,insider,trading) [inferred]

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Bechtolsheim didn't leave. In 2008, he co-founded Arista, a Silicon Valley computer networking company that went public and now has 4,000 employees and a stock market value of $100 billion. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(company,silicon_valley)
(bechtolsheim,arista,company)
(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,company)
Inferred entity relationships (22)
(arista,bechtolsheim,opportunities) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,insider,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,director,trading) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,funder) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,risky) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,employees) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,executive) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,market) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,executive) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,investments) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,merger,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,regulators,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,risky,trading) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,stock) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,insider) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,desirable) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,computer) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,flag,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,thinking) [inferred]
(company,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,silicon_valley) [inferred]

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. Mr. Levy, the "In the Plex" author, said there were plenty of legal ways to make money in Silicon Valley. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(company,silicon_valley)

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Bechtolsheim may have seized a different kind of opportunity. He got a phone call about the imminent sale of a tech company and allegedly traded on the confidential information, according to charges filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(company,confidential)
Inferred entity relationships (1)
(company,confidential,information) [inferred]

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The deal happened at a moment when Google's founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, weren't even sure they wanted to build a company around their homemade search technology. They were focused on getting their Stanford doctorates. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(company,technology)

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In 2008, he co-founded Arista, a Silicon Valley computer networking company that went public and now has 4,000 employees and a stock market value of $100 billion.. . Mr. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(company,stock)

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At its peak in the late 1990s'dot-com bubble, Sun had a stock market valuation of $200 billion.. . It was Mr. Bechtolsheim's funding of Google in 1998 that made him a permanent part of Silicon Valley lore ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,sun,stock)
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,sun)
(bechtolsheim,google,valuation)
(bechtolsheim,sun,valuation)
(bechtolsheim,stock)
(bechtolsheim,google,sun)
(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,market)
(bechtolsheim,google,stock)
(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,valuation)
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,market)
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,valuation)
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,stock)
(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,stock)
(bechtolsheim,market)
(bechtolsheim,sun,market)
(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,sun)
Inferred entity relationships (33)
(bechtolsheim,google,market,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,stock) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,sun,vinod_khosla) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,stock) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,steven_levy) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,technology) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,larry_page,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,investor,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,market,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,sun) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,stock,sun) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,technology) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,investments,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,market) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sergey_brin,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,valuation) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,lore,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,sun,sun_microsystems) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sergey_brin) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,investment) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sun) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,insider) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,stock) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,market,sun) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,plex) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,stock) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,insider,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,valuation) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,profit) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,technology) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,valuation) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,sun) [inferred]

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The deal happened at a moment when Google's founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, weren't even sure they wanted to build a company around their homemade search technology. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,technology)
(bechtolsheim,google,technology)
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,technology)
(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,company)
Inferred entity relationships (36)
(bechtolsheim,google,market,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,insider,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,director,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,lore,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sergey_brin) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,stock) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,stock) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,steven_levy) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,investment) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,risky) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,executive) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sun) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,technology) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,larry_page,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,insider) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,investor,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,sun) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,plex) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,investments,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,merger,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,regulators,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,risky,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,stock) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,insider) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sergey_brin,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,flag,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,valuation) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,insider,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,thinking) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,valuation) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,profit) [inferred]
(company,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,technology) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,valuation) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,sun) [inferred]

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In Silicon Valley, You Can Be Worth Billions and It's Not Enough. . Andreas Bechtolsheim, the first investor in Google, has an estimated $16 billion fortune. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,investor)
(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,investor)
Inferred entity relationships (22)
(bechtolsheim,google,market,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,lore,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sergey_brin) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,stock) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,stock) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,steven_levy) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,investment) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,technology) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sun) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,larry_page,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,insider) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,sun) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,plex) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,investments,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sergey_brin,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,investor,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,valuation) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,insider,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,valuation) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,profit) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,technology) [inferred]

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The investment happened like this, according to Steven Levy's 2011 history of Google, "In the Plex": Mr ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,google,investment)
(bechtolsheim,investment)
Inferred entity relationships (21)
(bechtolsheim,google,investor,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,market,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,lore,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sergey_brin) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,sun) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,plex) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,investments,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,stock) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,stock) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,steven_levy) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sergey_brin,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,valuation) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,insider,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,technology) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sun) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,valuation) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,larry_page,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,profit) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,insider) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,technology) [inferred]

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Bechtolsheim's check for a month because Google did not have a bank account. When Google went public in 2004, that $100,000 investment was worth at least $1 billion. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,google,investment)
Inferred entity relationships (21)
(bechtolsheim,google,investor,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,market,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,lore,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sergey_brin) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,sun) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,plex) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,investments,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,stock) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,stock) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,steven_levy) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sergey_brin,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,valuation) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,insider,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,technology) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sun) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,valuation) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,larry_page,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,profit) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,insider) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,technology) [inferred]

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Andreas Bechtolsheim, the first investor in Google, has an estimated $16 billion fortune. He recently settled charges that he engaged in insider trading for a profit of $415,726. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(trading,google)
(insider,google)
(bechtolsheim,trading,profit)
(bechtolsheim,google,trading)
(bechtolsheim,trading,insider,profit)
(bechtolsheim,google,profit)
(trading,insider,google)
(trading,insider,investor)
(insider,investor)
(bechtolsheim,insider,profit)
(trading,investor)
Inferred entity relationships (39)
(bechtolsheim,google,market,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,stock) [inferred]
(google,insider) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,stock) [inferred]
(insider,profit) [inferred]
(profit,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,steven_levy) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,technology) [inferred]
(insider,investor) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,larry_page,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,investor,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(google,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,sun) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,investments,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sergey_brin,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,valuation) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,insider,investor) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,insider,investor,trading) [inferred]
(google,insider,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,insider,profit) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,lore,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,insider,lawyer) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sergey_brin) [inferred]
(insider,profit,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,insider,lawyer,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,investment) [inferred]
(investor,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sun) [inferred]
(insider,investor,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,insider) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,insider,profit,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,plex) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,insider,panuwat) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,insider,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,valuation) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,insider,panuwat,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,profit) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,technology) [inferred]

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The investment happened like this, according to Steven Levy's 2011 history of Google, "In the Plex": Mr. Brin emailed Mr. Bechtolsheim one evening around midnight ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,google,steven_levy)
Inferred entity relationships (21)
(bechtolsheim,google,investor,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,market,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,lore,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sergey_brin) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,sun) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,plex) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,investments,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,stock) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,stock) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sergey_brin,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,investment) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,valuation) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,insider,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,technology) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sun) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,valuation) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,larry_page,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,profit) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,insider) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,technology) [inferred]

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The investment happened like this, according to Steven Levy's 2011 history of Google, "In the Plex": Mr. Brin emailed Mr. Bechtolsheim one evening around midnight. Mr. Bechtolsheim immediately replied, suggesting a meeting the next morning ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,google,plex)
Inferred entity relationships (21)
(bechtolsheim,google,investor,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,market,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,lore,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sergey_brin) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,sun) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,investments,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,stock) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,stock) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,steven_levy) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sergey_brin,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,investment) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,valuation) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,insider,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,technology) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sun) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,valuation) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,larry_page,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,profit) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,insider) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,technology) [inferred]

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. Mr. Bechtolsheim was chair of Arista's board when an executive from another company called in 2019, according to the S.E.C. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,arista,company)
(bechtolsheim,arista,executive)
Inferred entity relationships (22)
(arista,bechtolsheim,opportunities) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,insider,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,director,trading) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,funder) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,risky) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,employees) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,executive) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,market) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,executive) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,investments) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,merger,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,regulators,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,risky,trading) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,stock) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,insider) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,desirable) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,computer) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,flag,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,thinking) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,company) [inferred]

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"Someone who is regarded as an influential funder and is very well connected gets nearly unlimited opportunities to make very desirable early investments," he said.. . Mr. Bechtolsheim is no longer chair of Arista's board but has the title of "chief architect." Arista issued a statement saying it "will respond appropriately to the situation," but declined to say what that meant ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,arista,desirable)
(bechtolsheim,investments)
(bechtolsheim,arista,investments)
(bechtolsheim,arista,opportunities)
Inferred entity relationships (12)
(arista,bechtolsheim,investments) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,opportunities) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,funder) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,stock) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,desirable) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,computer) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,investments) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,employees) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,market) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,executive) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,company) [inferred]

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"Someone who is regarded as an influential funder and is very well connected gets nearly unlimited opportunities to make very desirable early investments," he said. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,arista,funder)
Inferred entity relationships (10)
(arista,bechtolsheim,investments) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,opportunities) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,computer) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,employees) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,stock) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,market) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,executive) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,company) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,desirable) [inferred]

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Bechtolsheim.. . Mr. Bechtolsheim didn't leave. In 2008, he co-founded Arista, a Silicon Valley computer networking company that went public and now has 4,000 employees and a stock market value of $100 billion ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,arista,computer)
Inferred entity relationships (10)
(arista,bechtolsheim,investments) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,opportunities) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,employees) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,funder) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,stock) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,market) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,executive) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,company) [inferred]
(arista,bechtolsheim,desirable) [inferred]

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Panuwat's verdict, saying that "there was nothing novel" about the case: "This was insider trading, pure and simple." A lawyer for Mr. Panuwat didn't return a request for comment. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,trading,insider,lawyer)
(trading,insider,lawyer)
(bechtolsheim,insider,panuwat)
(bechtolsheim,insider,lawyer)
(insider,lawyer)
(trading,insider,panuwat)
(bechtolsheim,trading,insider,panuwat)
(insider,panuwat)
Inferred entity relationships (14)
(bechtolsheim,insider,lawyer) [inferred]
(panuwat,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,insider,lawyer,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,insider,panuwat) [inferred]
(insider,lawyer,trading) [inferred]
(insider,lawyer) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,insider,investor) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,insider,panuwat,trading) [inferred]
(insider,panuwat,trading) [inferred]
(lawyer,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,insider,investor,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,insider,profit,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,insider,profit) [inferred]
(insider,panuwat) [inferred]

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Andreas Bechtolsheim, the first investor in Google, has an estimated $16 billion fortune. He recently settled charges that he engaged in insider trading for a profit of $415,726 ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,trading,insider,google)
(bechtolsheim,trading,investor)
(bechtolsheim,insider,investor)
(bechtolsheim,trading,insider,investor)
(bechtolsheim,insider,google)
Inferred entity relationships (36)
(bechtolsheim,google,market,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,insider,lawyer) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,lore,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sergey_brin) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,stock) [inferred]
(google,insider) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,stock) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,insider,lawyer,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,investor,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,steven_levy) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,investment) [inferred]
(investor,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,technology) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sun) [inferred]
(insider,investor) [inferred]
(insider,investor,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,larry_page,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,insider,profit,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,insider) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,investor,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,sun) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,plex) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,investments,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,insider,panuwat) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,sergey_brin,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,insider,investor) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,silicon_valley,valuation) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,insider,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,insider,panuwat,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,valuation) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,insider,investor,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,profit) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,google,technology) [inferred]
(google,insider,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,insider,profit) [inferred]

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He agreed to pay a fine of more than $900,000 and will not serve as an officer or director of a public company for five years. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,trading,insider,company)
(bechtolsheim,trading,company,director)
(bechtolsheim,insider,company)
(trading,insider,company)
(insider,company,director)
Inferred entity relationships (17)
(bechtolsheim,company,insider,trading) [inferred]
(company,insider,risky) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,director,trading) [inferred]
(company,insider,medivation) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,merger,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,regulators,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,risky,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,insider) [inferred]
(company,director,insider) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,flag,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,risky) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,executive) [inferred]
(company,insider,panuwat) [inferred]
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(bechtolsheim,company,thinking) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(company,insider,trading) [inferred]

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Buying options in your own company right before a merger is announced is a red flag for regulators, and relatively easy for them to discover. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,trading,company,regulators)
(bechtolsheim,trading,company,merger)
(bechtolsheim,trading,company,flag)
Inferred entity relationships (11)
(bechtolsheim,company,insider,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,director,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,merger,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,risky,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,regulators,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,insider) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,flag,trading) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,risky) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,executive) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,thinking) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,company,silicon_valley) [inferred]

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Buying options in your own company right before a merger is announced is a red flag for regulators, and relatively easy for them to discover. Trading in another's account, as Mr. Bechtolsheim was accused of doing, or in a company that is not directly involved in the deal but is likely to benefit from it, must seem less risky ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,trading,regulators)

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Buying options in your own company right before a merger is announced is a red flag for regulators, and relatively easy for them to discover. Trading in another's account, as Mr ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,trading,flag)
(bechtolsheim,trading,merger)

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The dot-com boom was a disorienting period for longtime Valley leaders whose interest in money was muted. Mr. Bechtolsheim's Sun colleague Mr. Joy left Silicon Valley.. . "There's so much money around, it's clouding a lot of people's ethics," Mr ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,sun)
Inferred entity relationships (3)
(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,technology) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,stock) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,silicon_valley,valuation) [inferred]

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McNealy, Vinod Khosla and Bill Joy, started Sun Microsystems as an outgrowth of a Stanford project. When Sun initially raised money, Mr ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,sun,vinod_khosla)
Inferred entity relationships (2)
(bechtolsheim,sun,sun_microsystems) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,sun,valuation) [inferred]

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McNealy, Vinod Khosla and Bill Joy, started Sun Microsystems as an outgrowth of a Stanford project. When Sun initially raised money, Mr. Bechtolsheim put his entire life savings - about $100,000 - into the company ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,sun,sun_microsystems)
(bechtolsheim,sun,outgrowth)
Inferred entity relationships (2)
(bechtolsheim,sun,vinod_khosla) [inferred]
(bechtolsheim,sun,valuation) [inferred]

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McNealy, Vinod Khosla and Bill Joy, started Sun Microsystems as an outgrowth of a Stanford project. When Sun initially raised money, Mr. Bechtolsheim put his entire life savings - about $100,000 - into the company. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,sun,savings)

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It was Mr. Bechtolsheim's funding of Google in 1998 that made him a permanent part of Silicon Valley lore. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,sun,lore)
Inferred entity relationships (1)
(bechtolsheim,lore,silicon_valley) [inferred]

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At its peak in the late 1990s'dot-com bubble, Sun had a stock market valuation of $200 billion.. . It was Mr. Bechtolsheim's funding of Google in 1998 that made him a permanent part of Silicon Valley lore. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,sun,funding)

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Andreas Bechtolsheim doesn't like to waste time. The entrepreneur made one of the most celebrated investments in the history of Silicon Valley - the initial $100,000 that bankrolled a search engine called Google in 1998 - while on the way to work one morning ...
High Level Abstractions:

(trading,silicon_valley)
(trading,insider,investments)
(trading,insider,silicon_valley)
(bechtolsheim,investments)
(insider,silicon_valley)
Inferred entity relationships (3)
(silicon_valley,trading) [inferred]
(insider,silicon_valley) [inferred]
(insider,silicon_valley,trading) [inferred]

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Arista and the other company, which was not named in court documents, had a history of sharing confidential information under nondisclosure agreements.. . This executive told Mr. Bechtolsheim that a smaller networking company, Acacia, was in play, according to the S.E.C ...
High Level Abstractions:

(bechtolsheim,information)

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Andreas Bechtolsheim, the first investor in Google, has an estimated $16 billion fortune. He recently settled charges that he engaged in insider trading for a profit of $415,726.. . Andreas Bechtolsheim doesn't like to waste time. The entrepreneur made one of the most celebrated investments in the history of Silicon Valley - the initial $100,000 that bankrolled a search engine called Google in 1998 - while on the way to work one morning ...
High Level Abstractions:

(trading,profit)
(insider,profit)
(trading,insider,profit)
Inferred entity relationships (3)
(insider,profit,trading) [inferred]
(insider,profit) [inferred]
(profit,trading) [inferred]

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But researchers who analyze trading data say corporate executives broadly profit from confidential information. These executives try to avoid traditional insider trading restrictions by buying shares in economically linked firms, a phenomenon called "shadow trading." ...
High Level Abstractions:

(trading,insider,profit)
Inferred entity relationships (2)
(insider,profit) [inferred]
(profit,trading) [inferred]

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"The people doing it have a sense of entitlement or maybe just think, 'I'm invincible.'". . Another recent Bay Area insider trading case shows how shadow trading works. Matthew Panuwat, an executive at the San Francisco biopharmaceutical company Medivation, was informed in August 2016 that Pfizer was acquiring his company ...
High Level Abstractions:

(insider,panuwat)
(trading,panuwat)
(trading,insider,panuwat)
Inferred entity relationships (3)
(panuwat,trading) [inferred]
(insider,panuwat,trading) [inferred]
(insider,panuwat) [inferred]

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But researchers who analyze trading data say corporate executives broadly profit from confidential information. These executives try to avoid traditional insider trading restrictions by buying shares in economically linked firms, a phenomenon called "shadow trading.". ...
High Level Abstractions:

(trading,buying)

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"There appears to be significant profits being made from shadow trading," said Mihir N. Mehta, an assistant professor of accounting at the University of Michigan and an author of a 2021 study in The Accounting Review that found "robust evidence" of the behavior ...
High Level Abstractions:

(trading,university)

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Mehta, an assistant professor of accounting at the University of Michigan and an author of a 2021 study in The Accounting Review that found "robust evidence" of the behavior. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(trading,the_accounting_review)

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Bechtolsheim was accused of doing, or in a company that is not directly involved in the deal but is likely to benefit from it, must seem less risky.. . Insider trading prosecutions are relatively infrequent, so it is difficult to determine just what really goes on in the home offices, executive suites and office parks ...
High Level Abstractions:

(insider,risky)

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