Technology Leadership
Larry Ellison
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Executive Assessment
Larry Ellison functions as critical infrastructure within Technology Leadership, backed by 55% sourcing coverage, with a stable competitive position.
- Maintains 2 mapped relationships across the graph
- 55% sourcing coverage across sourced relationships
- Tracked as critical infrastructure within the Technology Leadership category
Executive Snapshot
- Strategic Role
- Critical Infrastructure
- Sourcing Coverage
- 55%
- Ecosystem Influence
- Very High
- Strategic Momentum
- Steady
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Coverage
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- 2
- Technology Domains
- 3
Strategic Implications
- Central node connecting multiple strategic ecosystems
- Directly influences technology and capital flows
- Material relevance to downstream dependency mapping
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Co-founder, Executive Chairman and CTO of Oracle, holding roughly 40% of the company's stock. Ellison's net worth briefly surpassed $300 billion in June 2026 as Oracle's AI-driven cloud rally made him briefly the world's third-richest person, but Oracle stock has since fallen over 55% from its September 2025 peak as investors question the cash-flow economics of its AI data-center buildout, cutting Ellison's fortune to roughly $181 billion by early August 2026 and prompting an S&P downgrade of Oracle's credit rating to BBB-.
Sources
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Evidence
2 sources
- Forbes — Ellison becomes world's third-richest person as Oracle shares hit 2026 highsnews
- Finance Monthly, citing Oracle's proxy statement — Ellison's disclosed Oracle stake stands at 40.6% per the company's proxy statementresearch
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The Story So Far (last 6 months)
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Market Intelligence
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Personally guaranteed $40.4B of financing for son David's Paramount-Warner Bros. bid, now underwater on paper
60% confidenceThe Ellison Family Trust guarantees $45.7 billion in equity financing for David Ellison's $110 billion Paramount Skydance acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, with Larry personally on the hook for roughly $40.4 billion of that, backed by about 1.16 billion Oracle shares now worth roughly half what they were when the guarantee was made. A federal judge issued a 14-day temporary restraining order on July 20, 2026 blocking the merger, with a preliminary injunction hearing held August 3, 2026.
Reported by multiple financial outlets (24/7 Wall St., citing SEC filings and court records); the merger's legal status was still contested as of early August 2026.
24/7 Wall St. · Jul 21, 2026
Reportedly told Trump a Paramount win could mean overhauling CNN
34% confidenceLarry Ellison reportedly told President Trump that if Paramount Skydance prevailed in its pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery, the deal could enable an overhaul of CNN, a network Ellison and Trump have both been openly critical of.
Reported by the Wall Street Journal citing people familiar with the matter; neither Ellison nor Oracle has publicly confirmed the specifics of what was discussed with Trump.
Wall Street Journal (via Fortune) · Jun 25, 2026
Larry Ellison's Timeline
A sourced, dated history of Larry Ellison's key moments — founding to present.
Jan 1977 · Co-founded Oracle
Larry Ellison co-founded Oracle, later serving as Executive Chairman and CTO while holding roughly 40% of the company's stock.
Jun 2026 · Briefly world's third-richest person
Ellison's net worth briefly surpassed $300 billion in June 2026 as Oracle's AI-driven cloud rally made him briefly the world's third-richest person.
Aug 2026 · Net worth falls to ~$181B as Oracle stock crashes and S&P downgrades credit
Oracle stock fell over 55% from its September 2025 peak (erasing roughly $494 billion in market value) as fiscal 2026 capex hit $56 billion and the company guided to $70 billion of data-center capex for the coming year while accepting negative cash flow; S&P responded by downgrading Oracle's credit rating to BBB-, one notch above junk, citing an uncertain path to profitability on the AI buildout. Ellison's net worth fell to approximately $181 billion as of August 2, 2026, per Bloomberg's Billionaires Index.
How These Connections Evolved
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Larry Ellison ↔ Oracle
Jun 2026
Larry Ellison's net worth briefly surpassed $300 billion in June 2026 as Oracle's AI-driven cloud rally made him briefly the world's third-richest person, reflecting his roughly 40% ownership stake.
Aug 2026
Oracle's stock crash (down over 55% from its September 2025 peak) and S&P's downgrade of Oracle's credit rating to BBB- cut Ellison's net worth from a ~$388 billion peak to roughly $181 billion, given his roughly 40% ownership stake and the company's negative cash flow from an accelerating, debt-funded AI data-center buildout.
Now
Larry Ellison co-founded Oracle in 1977 and continues to direct its strategy as Executive Chairman and CTO, holding roughly 40% of the company's shares.