The estimated Net Worth of James J. Iii Buquet is at least $1.14 Milion dollars as of 9 June 2021. Mr. Buquet owns over 7,464 units of Business First Bancshares stock worth over $96,280 and over the last 5 years he sold BFST stock worth over $1,046,772. In addition, he makes $0 as Independent Director at Business First Bancshares.
James has made over 2 trades of the Business First Bancshares stock since 2020, according to the Form 4 filled with the SEC. Most recently he sold 7,464 units of BFST stock worth $178,016 on 9 June 2021.
The largest trade he's ever made was selling 43,700 units of Business First Bancshares stock on 31 August 2020 worth over $868,756. On average, James trades about 5,685 units every 31 days since 2020. As of 9 June 2021 he still owns at least 3,925 units of Business First Bancshares stock.
You can see the complete history of Mr. Buquet stock trades at the bottom of the page.
James J. Buquet III serves as Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Buquet is President of Buquet Distributing Company and has served as its President since 1995. Mr. Buquet holds a bachelor’s degree in general business from Washington & Lee University and Master of Business Administration from Tulane University. He has since served as Chairman of Louisiana Beer Industry League and as a board member of the National Beer Wholesalers Association. In the early 1990s, Mr. Buquet’s family established the James J Buquet, Jr. Family Foundation and were founding members of Coastal Commerce Bancshares, Inc., and its banking subsidiary Coastal Commerce Bank, where Mr. Buquet served as Chairman prior to its merger with Louisiana Community Bancorp. Mr. Buquet served as Vice Chair and Audit Chair of Louisiana Community Bancorp, which was renamed Pedestal Bancshares, Inc. in 2018 and merged with Business First in May 2020. He has also served on the boards of a number civic and charitable entities including Chairman of the Houma-Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the South Louisiana Economic Council, Founder and Chairman of the Bayou Community Foundation, board member of the Greater New Orleans Foundation, and Vice Chair of the Catholic Foundation for South Louisiana. Mr. Buquet also serves as Audit & Finance Chair for BevCap Captive Insurance Group.
James Buquet is 54, he's been the Independent Director of Business First Bancshares since 2020. There are 8 older and 5 younger executives at Business First Bancshares. The oldest executive at Business First Bancshares Inc. is John Graves, 78, who is the Independent Director.
James's mailing address filed with the SEC is 500 LAUREL STREET, SUITE 101, , BATON ROUGE, LA, 70801.
Over the last 7 years, insiders at Business First Bancshares have traded over $5,314,590 worth of Business First Bancshares stock and bought 163,294 units worth $3,043,820 . The most active insiders traders include Edgar R. Iii Smith, William K Hood a David R. Iii Melville. On average, Business First Bancshares executives and independent directors trade stock every 25 days with the average trade being worth of $213,092. The most recent stock trade was executed by Mark P. Folse on 9 September 2024, trading 7,346 units of BFST stock currently worth $180,418.
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