Last updated: 21 March 2023 at 4:24pm EST

James Francese Net Worth




The estimated Net Worth of James E Francese is at least $4.82 Million dollars as of 10 March 2023. Mr. Francese owns over 8,388 units of Staar Surgical Co stock worth over $1,284,356 and over the last 12 years he sold STAA stock worth over $2,960,954. In addition, he makes $577,787 as Senior Vice President - Commercial Operations and North America and APAC at Staar Surgical Co.

Mr. Francese STAA stock SEC Form 4 insiders trading

James has made over 16 trades of the Staar Surgical Co stock since 2014, according to the Form 4 filled with the SEC. Most recently he exercised 8,388 units of STAA stock worth $254,240 on 10 March 2023.

The largest trade he's ever made was selling 35,425 units of Staar Surgical Co stock on 27 September 2022 worth over $2,656,875. On average, James trades about 7,472 units every 137 days since 2013. As of 10 March 2023 he still owns at least 42,374 units of Staar Surgical Co stock.

You can see the complete history of Mr. Francese stock trades at the bottom of the page.





James Francese biography

James E. Francese serves as Senior Vice President - Commercial Operations, North America and APAC of the Company. Mr. Francese joined STAAR in 2012 as Vice President, Global Marketing. In 2016 he assumed the role of Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations, North America and APAC. Mr. Francese has 29 years of experience in ophthalmology, including 14 years marketing surgical products with Abbott Medical Optics (AMO), formerly Advanced Medical Optics and Allergan. During his time at AMO from 1990 to 2012, Mr. Francese held several positions of executive level responsibilities, including Head of Marketing, Americas for all surgical, refractive and corneal products, Head of Global Corneal Marketing responsible for all consumer products, and V.P. of Asia Pacific Region where he had full P&L responsibility for cataract and refractive during his tenure. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University, Master of Science degree from the University of Washington and Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Southern California.

What is the salary of James Francese?

As the Senior Vice President - Commercial Operations and North America and APAC of Staar Surgical Co, the total compensation of James Francese at Staar Surgical Co is $577,787. There are 7 executives at Staar Surgical Co getting paid more, with Caren Mason having the highest compensation of $3,616,040.



How old is James Francese?

James Francese is 51, he's been the Senior Vice President - Commercial Operations and North America and APAC of Staar Surgical Co since 2016. There are 20 older and 2 younger executives at Staar Surgical Co. The oldest executive at Staar Surgical Co. is John Moore, 76, who is the Independent Director.

What's James Francese's mailing address?

James's mailing address filed with the SEC is 25651, Atlantic Ocean Drive, Lake Forest, Orange County, California, 92630, United States.

Insiders trading at Staar Surgical Co

Over the last 21 years, insiders at Staar Surgical Co have traded over $305,974,767 worth of Staar Surgical Co stock and bought 10,576,326 units worth $122,359,752 . The most active insiders traders include Partners, L.P.Broadwood Cap..., Partners, L.P.Bradsher Neal..., and Gilbert H Kliman. On average, Staar Surgical Co executives and independent directors trade stock every 26 days with the average trade being worth of $1,643,742. The most recent stock trade was executed by Arthur C Butcher on 12 August 2024, trading 1,315 units of STAA stock currently worth $49,957.



What does Staar Surgical Co do?

staar surgical company (nasdaq: staa), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of implantable lenses and companion delivery systems for the eye has been dedicated solely to ophthalmic surgery for over 30 years. the company offers the evo visian implantable collamer® lenses (icls) to treat visual disorders, such as myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, and presbyopia; and hyperopic icl, which treats far-sightedness. these lenses are intended to provide visual freedom for patients, lessening or eliminating the reliance on glasses or contact lenses. all of these lenses are foldable, which permits the surgeon to insert them through a small incision. staar's lens used in refractive surgery is called an implantable collamer lens or "icl"​. nearly 600,000 visian icls have been implanted to date. it also provides minimally invasive intraocular lenses (iols), including foldable iols for use in minimally invasive cataract surgical procedures; aspheric iols that produce a clearer image than trad



What does Staar Surgical Co's logo look like?

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Complete history of Mr. Francese stock trades at Staar Surgical Co

Date
#
Company
Insider
Trans.
Transaction
Shares Price per share Total value Shares after Source
10 Mar 2023 James E Francese
Sr. VP, Comm. Ops., NA, and APAC
Option 8,388 $56.63 $475,012
10 Mar 2023
42,374
7 Mar 2023 James E Francese
Sr. VP, Comm. Ops., NA, and APAC
Option 1,083 $58.13 $62,955
7 Mar 2023
35,319
27 Sep 2022 James E Francese
Sr. VP, Comm. Ops., NA, and APAC
Sale 35,425 $75.00 $2,656,875
27 Sep 2022
34,908
21 Mar 2022 James E Francese
Sr. VP, Comm. Ops., NA, and APAC
Sale 922 $74.62 $68,800
21 Mar 2022
57,258
14 Mar 2022 James E Francese
Sr. VP, Comm. Ops., NA, and APAC
Sale 289 $64.18 $18,548
14 Mar 2022
58,180
7 Mar 2022 James E Francese
Sr. VP, Comm. Ops., NA, and APAC
Option 5,839 $74.80 $436,757
7 Mar 2022
58,469
18 Aug 2021 James E Francese
Sr. VP, Comm. Ops., NA, and APAC
Option 15,000 $19.04 $285,600
18 Aug 2021
67,630
21 May 2021 James E Francese
Sr. VP, Comm. Ops., NA, and APAC
Option 29,761 $12.64 $376,179
21 May 2021
67,130
10 May 2021 James E Francese
Sr. VP, Comm. Ops., NA, and APAC
Option 11,583 $7.49 $86,757
10 May 2021
64,213
22 Mar 2021 James E Francese
Sr. VP, Comm. Ops., NA, and APAC
Sale 922 $96.37 $88,853
22 Mar 2021
52,630
12 Mar 2021 James E Francese
Sr. VP, Comm. Ops., NA, and APAC
Option 2,169 $90.38 $196,034
12 Mar 2021
53,552
23 Nov 2020 James E Francese
Sr. VP, Comm. Ops., NA, and APAC
Option 18,959 $9.14 $173,285
23 Nov 2020
70,342
11 May 2020 James E Francese
Sr. VP, Comm. Ops., NA, and APAC
Option 25,523 $10.31 $263,142
11 May 2020
51,133
20 Mar 2020 James E Francese
Sr. VP, Comm. Ops., NA, and APAC
Sale 2,250 $26.77 $60,233
20 Mar 2020
44,466
19 Mar 2014 James E Francese
Sr. VP, Comm. Ops., NA, and APAC
Option 16,666 $6.71 $111,829
19 Mar 2014
38,626
13 Mar 2014 James E Francese
Sr. VP, Comm. Ops., NA, and APAC
Sale 4,540 $14.90 $67,646
13 Mar 2014
21,960


Staar Surgical Co executives and stock owners

Staar Surgical Co executives and other stock owners filed with the SEC include: