Oracle founder; record donor to Israel's army, Netanyahu's island host
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Larry Ellison founded Oracle in 1977 and is its chairman and chief technology officer. Forbes puts his net worth at $184.2B (3 Oct 2026), built on roughly 40% of Oracle and nearly half of Paramount Skydance. Ellison gave $16.6M to Friends of the Israel Defense Forces in November 2017, then the largest single gift in its history, to build facilities on a new infantry training campus, saying 'there is no greater honor than supporting some of the bravest people in the world'. In August 2021 Benjamin Netanyahu holidayed on Lanai, the Hawaiian island Ellison owns, while Ellison was a prosecution witness in Netanyahu's corruption trial; the Times of Israel, citing Haaretz, reported Ellison had offered him an Oracle board seat, which Netanyahu denied. Witnesses do not usually host the defendant. Who Profits reports Oracle supplies the Israel Ministry of Defense, army and air force, and servers to the Civil Administration in the occupied West Bank. On 21 January 2025 he stood beside Donald Trump to launch the $500B Stargate AI project.
Larry Ellison gave $16.6M to Friends of the Israel Defense Forces in 2017, then the largest single gift in its history, and more than $26M in total, Responsible Statecraft reported. The Intercept reported he once offered Benjamin Netanyahu a seat on Oracle's board. Oracle supplies data systems to the Israeli military, per Who Profits.
Sources: Record $53.8 million raised for Israeli soldiers at Beverly Hills gala, forbes.com, The Intercept, Who Profits
Ellison gave about $45M to a nonprofit backing Trump's 2024 campaign, Fortune reported, then stood beside Trump on 21 January 2025 to launch the $500B Stargate project. Oracle took 15% of TikTok's U.S. joint venture; Responsible Statecraft noted the owners gain control of the algorithms that shape what U.S. users see. His son David's Paramount Skydance won shareholder approval for a $110B Warner Bros. Discovery merger, including CNN, in April 2026. Forbes puts his net worth at $184.2B.
Sources: news.microsoft.com, The Hollywood Reporter, Wikipedia, geekwire.com, NPR, Forbes
Forbes puts Ellison's net worth at $184.2B, built on about 40% of Oracle. He gave $16.6M to Friends of the IDF in November 2017, then the largest single gift in its history, for facilities on a new infantry training campus. Wikipedia's FIDF entry puts his total giving to the charity at $25M.
In August 2021 Benjamin Netanyahu holidayed on Lanai, the Hawaiian island Ellison owns, while Ellison was a prosecution witness in Netanyahu's corruption trial. Citing Haaretz, the Times of Israel reported in September 2021 that Ellison offered Netanyahu an Oracle board seat; Netanyahu denied receiving the offer.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org, yahoo.com
Who Profits reports Oracle supplies the Israel Ministry of Defense, army and air force and servers to the Civil Administration in the occupied West Bank. Ellison launched the $500B Stargate AI project alongside Donald Trump in January 2025.
Sources: Who Profits, The Hollywood Reporter
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Lawrence J. Ellison (2) 1,158,232,353 40.6%
a $110 billion merger with Paramount–Skydance ... media mogul David Ellison — son of Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison — will control the legendary Warner Bros. studio
he gathered Oracle founder Larry Ellison, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SoftBank chief Masayoshi Son at the Roosevelt Room in the White House to unveil a $500 billion artificial intelligence project
Ellison is one of several hundred prosecution witnesses in Netanyahu's corruption trial.
Committee OPPORTUNITY MATTERS FUND, INC. | Name ELLISON, LAWRENCE | City, state and ZIP code WALNUT CREEK, CA 94596-4087 | Occupation EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN AND CTO | Amount $5,000,000.00 | Receipt date June 25, 2021 | Reported on Form 3X on line 11AI
Committee OPPORTUNITY MATTERS FUND, INC. | Name ELLISON, LAWRENCE | City, state and ZIP code WALNUT CREEK, CA 94596 | Occupation EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN AND CTO | Amount $15,000,000.00 | Receipt date January 11, 2022 | Reported on Form 3X on line 11AI
Committee OPPORTUNITY MATTERS FUND, INC. | Name ELLISON, LAWRENCE | City, state and ZIP code WALNUT CREEK, CA 94596 | Occupation EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN AND CTO | Amount $10,000,000.00 | Receipt date September 19, 2022 | Reported on Form 3X on line 11AI
Lawrence J. Ellison's fiscal 2026 summary compensation table total was $131,015,970 ... Salary: $950,000 ... Stock awards: $117,777,832 ... Option awards: $4,851,178 ... Other compensation: $7,436,960
Oracle Corp Says Executive Chair & CTO Lawrence J. Ellison's 2026 Total Compensation $131 Million
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As of September 19, 2025, Mr. Ellison, Oracle’s Founder, Executive Chair, CTO and largest stockholder, had pledged 346,000,000 shares of Oracle common stock as collateral to secure certain personal indebtedness.
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The plans have been in motion since the 2022 midterms, when Ellison donated $30 million to a pro-Scott super PAC, Opportunity Matters Fund, according to people familiar with the Oracle executive chairman's plans.
Committee CONSERVATIVE SOLUTIONS PAC | Name ELLISON, LAWRENCE J. | City, state and ZIP code WALNUT CREEK, CA 94596 | Occupation CHAIRMAN/CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER | Amount $1,000,000.00 | Receipt date May 18, 2015; Amount $2,000,000.00 | Receipt date June 24, 2015 | Reported on Form 3X on line 11AI
Committee CONSERVATIVE SOLUTIONS PAC | Name ELLISON, LAWRENCE J. | City, state and ZIP code WALNUT CREEK, CA 94596 | Occupation EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN | Amount $1,000,000.00 | Receipt date January 20, 2016 | Reported on Form 3X on line 11AI
Committee CONSERVATIVE SOLUTIONS PAC | Name ELLISON, LAWRENCE J. | City, state and ZIP code WALNUT CREEK, CA 94596 | Occupation EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN | Amount $1,000,000.00 | Receipt date February 24, 2016 | Year to date $2,000,000.00 | Reported on Form 3X on line 11AI
Ellison donated $5 million during the 2016 election cycle to the Conservative Solutions PAC, a super PAC that spent over $30 million backing Republican Sen. Marco Rubio's failed bid for the presidency, according to Federal Election Commission records.
Committee OPPORTUNITY MATTERS FUND, INC. | Name ELLISON, LAWRENCE | City, state and ZIP code WALNUT CREEK, CA 94596-4087 | Occupation EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN AND CTO | Amount $5,000,000.00 | Receipt date October 26, 2020 | Reported on Form 3X on line 11AI
Ellison contributed just over $7 million to various political causes in 2020, including $5 million to the Opportunity Matters Fund and $1 million toward a super PAC that supported Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, as she succesfully ran for reelection, according to OpenSecrets.
Larry Ellison, the co-founder of Oracle and its executive chairman gave $16.6 million — the largest single gift in FIDF history.
Larry Ellison ... Chairman of the Board and Chief Technology Officer
Record $53.8 million raised for IDF soldiers at Beverly Hills gala
He founded the company in 1977 and served as CEO until September 2014.
In the last five years, he previously served as a director of Tesla, Inc.
Once offered Netanyahu a seat on Oracle's board of directors ... Invited Netanyahu to visit his private Hawaiian island