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← Larry Ellison

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med confidence · as of 2026-07-26 · about Larry Ellison

Directs Oracle's AI-capex buildout (Stargate) despite the company's own negative free cash flow and high leverage, while personally deploying capital outside Oracle — his family trust funded Paramount Global's Aug-2025 merger with Skydance Media (led by son David Ellison) and is now the merged entity's largest shareholder.

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  • Wikipedia — Larry Ellison In Aug-2025, Ellison's family trust provided funding for Paramount Global's merger with Skydance Media; the trust is now the largest shareholder of the merged entity

    2025-08 med

  • kestrel board.yaml oracle optionality axis oracle optionality: constrained/locked — negative FCF, high leverage, cash pre-committed to the buildout

    2026-07 high


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Directs Oracle's AI-capex buildout (Stargate) despite the company's own negative free cash flow and high leverage, while personally deploying capital outside Oracle — his family trust funded Paramount Global's Aug-2025 merger with Skydance Media (led by son David Ellison) and is now the merged entity's largest shareholder.

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