Genius Group CEO Roger Hamilton buys 650,000 shares, increases shareholdings by 10%
SINGAPORE, June 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (NYSE American: GNS) (“Genius Group”) a leading AI powered education group with a Bitcoin-first treasury, today announced that its CEO and Founder, Roger Hamilton, has purchased 650,000 shares of the Company, increasing his shareholding by 10%.
Mr. Hamilton purchased the shares on June 23 and June 24, 2025 on the open market, at an average price of $0.54 per share.
The most recent purchase of shares in the Company by Mr. Hamilton follows a series of previous funding rounds he has personally made in the company, including over $2.1 million in funding via an interest free loan in 2023, participation in the Company’s funding round in January 2024 with a $1.0 million equity purchase, and the purchase of 500,000 shares in October 2024 and a further purchase of 500,000 shares in January 2025. The purchase announced today increases Mr. Hamilton’s shareholding by 10% to 7.5 million shares.
Mr. Hamilton said “As founder of Genius Group, I have been consistent in my ongoing financial support and optimism in our Company’s future. With our recent legal successes and growth in our Education business and Bitcoin Treasury, I have never been more confident than now in our future success.”
Suraj Naik, Board Director and Head of AI at Genius Group, said “The board welcomes Roger’s additional investment. We continue to remain focused at the steps we can all take to protect the interests of the company and our shareholders. Further to shareholders approving up to a 20% buy back of shares at its recent EGM, we are focused at the additional steps we can take to ensure we build shareholder value, with a shareholder community aligned to our long-term success. Roger’s investment is timely as we step into the AI powered future of education.”
About Genius Group
Genius Group (NYSE: GNS) is an AI powered education group with a Bitcoin-first treasury, delivering education and acceleration solutions for the future of work. Genius Group serves 5.8 million users in over 100 countries through its Genius City model and online digital marketplace of AI training, AI tools and AI talent. It provides personalized, entrepreneurial AI pathways combining human talent with AI skills and AI solutions at the individual, enterprise and government level. To learn more, please visit
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