Zabi Nowaid has served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Marathon Digital since October 2, 2023. Age 44. He oversees legal strategy and corporate governance functions and has been involved in MARA's major transactions and strategic initiatives in digital infrastructure.
From 2022 to 2023, Nowaid was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Open English (education technology, backed by TCV and Insight Partners). From 2020 to 2022, he served as General Counsel at Verb Technology Company, Inc. During 2013–2020, he held leadership positions at Occidental Petroleum Corporation and California Resources Corporation (its spinoff), handling complex transactions and corporate initiatives. He began at White & Case LLP advising technology companies and financial institutions on corporate transactions.
Nowaid holds a B.A. from UC Berkeley and a J.D. from University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco.
Biography extracted from Marathon Digital DEF 14A filed 2026-04-30 View cached copy (2026-08-31)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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marathon Digital | General Counsel | 2026-04 → present (5mo) | 9 |
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Compensation
| Year | Role as filed | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Incentive | Other | Total | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | $386.2K | — | $5.14M | $579.4K | $10.5K | $6.11M | View cached copy (2026-08-31)Live source ↗ |
| 2024 | General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | $375.0K | $125.0K | $10.55M | $525.9K | $9.8K | $11.59M | View cached copy (2026-08-31)Live source ↗ |
As reported in the company's DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table (SEC Reg S-K Item 402(c)). Stock and option awards are grant-date fair values — what the award was worth on the day it was granted, not cash received and not what it is worth now. Every row here reconciles: its columns add up to the total the filing printed.
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 | - | $0 | 150,357 | $1.85M | ↓ Divested $1.85M | 11 | $0 | $1.70M |
| 2026 | - | $0 | 150,357 | $1.85M | ↓ Divested $1.85M | 11 | $0 | $1.70M |
| 2026-Q2 | - | $0 | 85,369 | $1.04M | ↓ Divested $1.04M | 5 | $0 | $965.5K |
| 2026-Q3 | - | $0 | 64,988 | $809.3K | ↓ Divested $809.3K | 6 | $0 | $735.0K |
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 2026-09-04); 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-21 | Marathon Digital | Open-market sale | 8,376 | $100,512 | $94.7K |
| 2026-08-03 | Marathon Digital | Tax withholding on vesting | 4,139 | $48,633 | $46.8K |
| 2026-07-31 | Marathon Digital | Tax withholding on vesting | 9,745 | $110,313 | $110.2K |
| 2026-07-30 | Marathon Digital | Tax withholding on vesting | 13,428 | $158,719 | $151.9K |
| 2026-07-20 | Marathon Digital | Open-market sale | 8,376 | $100,512 | $94.7K |
| 2026-07-01 | Marathon Digital | Tax withholding on vesting | 20,924 | $290,634 | $236.7K |
| 2026-06-17 | Marathon Digital | Open-market sale | 7,000 | $99,750 | $79.2K |
| 2026-05-18 | Marathon Digital | Tax withholding on vesting | 4,248 | $48,682 | $48.0K |
| 2026-05-18 | Marathon Digital | Open-market sale | 8,250 | $99,000 | $93.3K |
| 2026-04-30 | Marathon Digital | Tax withholding on vesting | 23,781 | $285,134 | $269.0K |
| 2026-04-17 | Marathon Digital | Open-market sale | 42,090 | $505,080 | $476.0K |