Largest Stock Buybacks in History

Nvidia has authorized a record $150B stock buyback, beating Apple's $110B from 2024 and ending Apple's run at the top of this list. The new program takes Nvidia's total repurchase capacity to $235B through fiscal 2028.

• Nvidia – $150B (2026)
• Apple – $110B (2024)
• Apple – $100B (2018)
• Apple – $100B (2025)
• Apple – $100B (2026)
• Apple – $90B (2021)
• Apple – $90B (2022)
• Apple – $90B (2023)
• Apple – $75B (2019)
• Chevron – $75B (2023)

Apple still holds eight of the ten biggest buybacks ever, and it has kept to a steady ~$90–110B every year. Nvidia got to #1 in one move. It spent $40.4B on buybacks in fiscal 2026, and the new program implies roughly 4x that pace. Its latest quarter brought in $96.2B in revenue at a 75% gross margin, which shows how much cash AI chips generate.

These are authorizations, not completed purchases: the board approves up to this amount, and the company sets the pace.

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