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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi recently disclosed that her husband, Paul Pelosi, bought Salesforce.com stock options in June.

Paul Pelosi, a businessman and investor, paid $150,002 to $350,000 in June for a total of 100 Salesforce (ticker: CRM) call options, according to a regulatory form Speaker Pelosi filed. Specific figures aren’t required for disclosure, only ranges. He bought 20 options on June 14 for $50,001 to $100,000, and bought another 80 options in June 20 for $100,001 to $250,000.

Each option contract Paul Pelosi purchased gives him the right to buy shares of the cloud-computing company for $140 each, and that right expires June 19, 2020. Options contracts are typically for 100 shares each.

Speaker Pelosi’s office and Paul Pelosi didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.

Paul Pelosi already owned $1 million to $5 million of Salesforce stock at the end of 2018, regulatory records show, and the options purchase is his first transaction in any Salesforce securities this year.

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Salesforce stock sports a 16.6% year-to-date gain through Monday’s close at $159.65. That’s shy of the 20.2% rise in the S&P 500 this year, but Salesforce stock did trounce the index last year, surging 34.0% while the S&P 500’s loss of 6.2%.

Earlier this month, Salesforce disclosed that Tableau Software (DATA), an analytics-platform company that it has agreed to acquire, is seeing revenue top Wall Street forecasts. Salesforce expects the all-stock acquisition to close around Oct. 1.

Corrections & Amplifications

An earlier version of this article incorrectly reported that the options contracts purchased were for one Salesforce share each. Options contracts are typically for 100 shares each.

Inside Scoop is a regular Barron’s feature covering stock transactions by corporate executives and board members—so-called insiders—as well as large shareholders, politicians, and other prominent figures. Due to their insider status, these investors are required to disclose stock trades with the Securities and Exchange Commission or other regulatory groups.

Write to Ed Lin at edward.lin@barrons.com and follow @BarronsEdLin.