Christopher Ensey was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Riot Blockchain, Inc. in January 2018 at a base salary of $250,000. As COO, he received 50,000 RSUs vesting over 24 months and options to purchase 50,000 shares at $18.50 per share vesting over 12 months. He was promoted to Interim Chief Executive Officer in September 2018 with an increased salary of $306,000 and received an additional grant of 24,000 fully vested RSUs.
Mr. Ensey's employment terminated effective January 27, 2019, and he received $150,400 in severance under a separation agreement. Upon termination, 25,000 RSUs and options to purchase 50,000 shares were forfeited.
Biography extracted from Riot DEF 14A filed 2020-10-14 View cached copy (2026-09-13)Live source ↗
Roles
Contiguous filings for the same role are collapsed into a single tenure span. Click a row to see the underlying filings.
| Company | Role | Tenure | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riot | Chief Operating Officer | 2018-01 → present (8y 10mo) | 1 |
| Riot | Interim CEO | 2018-09 → present (8y 2mo) | 1 |
Insider transactions
Totals for this person
| Bucket | Invested (shares) | Invested (USD) | Divested (shares) | Divested (USD) | Net direction | Txns | Invested @ last price | Divested @ last price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All time | 48,000 | $0 | - | $0 | Flat | 4 | $614.9K | $0 |
| 2018 | 48,000 | $0 | - | $0 | Flat | 4 | $614.9K | $0 |
| 2018-Q3 | 48,000 | $0 | - | $0 | Flat | 4 | $614.9K | $0 |
Invested = shares acquired (buys, grants, option exercises) — insider adding to the position. Divested = shares reduced (sells, dispositions, tax-withholding) — cash flowing TO the insider. Net direction shows which side wins on dollar terms in each bucket. % of holder's stake not yet computed (pending Form 3/4 holdings ingest). See methodology. The two @ last price columns restate the same share counts at the most recent share price we read (close of 2026-10-30); they are a valuation, not a cash flow, and they move every day the market does.
All transactions
| Date | Company | Kind | Shares | Amount (USD) | Value @ last price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-20 | Riot | Option / RSU exercise | - | - | - |
| 2018-09-20 | Riot | Option / RSU exercise · Restricted Stock Unit | - | - | - |
| 2018-09-20 | Riot | Option / RSU exercise | 24,000 | - | $307.4K |
| 2018-09-20 | Riot | Option / RSU exercise · Restricted Stock Unit | 24,000 | - | $307.4K |