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Larry Ellison

The latest news on entrepreneur Larry Ellison, chief technology officer of Oracle, including American business news and updates.

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17 Aug 1944

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Technology, Business

Job Title

Businessman

Paramount’s bid still faces hurdles across the Atlantic after a federal judge in California ordered the companies to temporarily pause their merger last month. Photo: Reuters

Britain

UK clears Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros

The UK government and the antitrust watchdog both cleared the deal after initially raising concerns over media plurality and competition.

6 Aug 2026 - 9:32PM

United States

Paramount and Warner Bros ordered to pause mega-merger

21 Jul 2026 - 11:15AM

Millionaires, billionaires and trillionaires

Musk is world’s first trillionaire – what could he buy with all that money?

13 Jun 2026 - 3:08AMvideocam

United States

60 Minutes correspondent fired after clashing with bosses over US show

Scott Pelley terminated after accusing CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss of ‘murdering’ the prime-time show.

3 Jun 2026 - 2:22PM

Scott Pelley in 2024. He ⁠joins more than ⁠half a dozen people who have departed the Sunday news magazine. Photo: AFP

My Take

My Take | Why TikTok is being deliberately ruined by its new American owners

The popular social media platform, once owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, has been turned into an AI-enabled exploitation and censorship machine.

26 Apr 2026 - 9:38PM

United States

Warner Bros investors back US$110 billion merger with Paramount Skydance

Attention now turns to regulatory authorities, with both Washington and London expected to examine the merger’s impact on competition.

24 Apr 2026 - 12:11AM

United States

Trump names CEOs of Meta, Nvidia to 13-member science and tech council

The council, which also includes Oracle’s Larry Ellison and Google co-founder Sergey Brin, will weigh in on AI policy and other issues.

25 Mar 2026 - 11:32PM

US President Donald Trump (right) appointed Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg (left), Oracle Executive Chairman Larry Ellison and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to a council that will weigh ‌in on AI policy and other issues. Photo: AP

Paramount

Paramount poised to acquire Warner Bros after Netflix drops bid

A Paramount merger with Warner Bros would unite two major Hollywood studios, two streaming platforms and two news operations.

27 Feb 2026 - 3:12PM

My Take

My Take | TikTok deal good for Chinese owners but terrible for users in the United States

The social media platform, now majority owned by Americans, will herald a new era of state control and corporate manipulation of US citizens.

8 Feb 2026 - 10:15PM

US-China relations

Who are the owners of the new TikTok US entity?

Private equity firms, tech giants and existing ByteDance backers make up the investor group behind the newly created US venture.

24 Jan 2026 - 7:09AMvideocam

A new investor-backed US entity will operate TikTok’s American business following years of political and legal uncertainty. Photo: Kyodo

United States

Netflix wins Warner Bros board support over Paramount with amended all-cash offer

Switching to a 100 per cent cash offer, Netflix secures unanimous board backing for its US$82.7 billion deal over rival Paramount.

20 Jan 2026 - 9:07PM

Netflix seals Warner Bros board approval with an all-cash offer, ditching stock. Photo: Reuters

United States

Warner Bros prefers Netflix, snubs Paramount’s updated takeover bid

Warner Bros board calls Paramount’s US$108 billion offer ‘risky leveraged buyout’ and reaffirms its commitment to US$82 billion Netflix deal.

8 Jan 2026 - 11:07AM

United States

Paramount vs Netflix: Ellison guarantees US$40 billion for son’s Warner Bros bid

Pledge from Oracle’s co-founder is designed to quell financing fears as Paramount fights Netflix for control of Warner Bros Discovery assets.

23 Dec 2025 - 12:00AM

United States

Warner Bros rejects ‘inferior’ Paramount bid, backs Netflix merger

Warner Bros rebuffs Paramount’s hostile takeover, citing financial risks and backing Netflix merger as superior, stable, and shareholder-friendly.

17 Dec 2025 - 11:22PM

The app logos of Netflix, Warner Bros and Paramount are seen on a smartphone display. Photo: EPA

United States

Paramount counters Netflix with US$108 billion hostile bid for Warner Bros

Paramount’s offer came days after Netflix won a weeks-long bidding war to acquire Hollywood giant Warner Bros Discovery.

9 Dec 2025 - 9:42AM

Paramount has launched an offer to acquire Warner Bros Discovery in a challenge to Netflix’s own highly contested deal. Photo: Reuters

United States

Netflix’s US$72 billion Warner Bros deal to reshape streaming landscape

Netflix’s acquisition gives it control of HBO Max, Harry Potter, and Game of Thrones, reshaping Hollywood and raising antitrust concerns.

5 Dec 2025 - 9:31PM

Donald Trump

Ronaldo, Musk attend Trump’s White House dinner with Saudi crown prince

Elon Musk was among business titans invited to the gala dinner, as tensions with Donald Trump thaw.

19 Nov 2025 - 3:23PM

United States

As I see it | How Fukuyama goes from the end of history to the end of the West

China’s ruling model may be the only remedy for what the political writer argues is the erosion of free speech and free elections by media-controlling plutocrats.

11 Oct 2025 - 9:30AMvideocam

Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks on stage as he joins Donald Trump on the campaign trail in Butler, Pennsylvania, on October 5, 2024. Photo: AFP

Electric & new energy vehicles

Tesla’s Elon Musk becomes first person to hit US$500 billion net worth: Forbes

After a turbulent start to the year, Tesla shares have gained on improved investor sentiment as Musk’s focus returned to his companies.

2 Oct 2025 - 9:55AM

United States

Trump to approve TikTok deal via executive order this week: report

According to a White House official, TikTok’s American assets are to be primarily owned by US investors and managed by a security-focused board.

22 Sep 2025 - 10:51PMvideocam

TikTok

Fox News’ Rupert Murdoch and Dell CEO could take part in TikTok deal, says Trump

With a December 16 deadline looming, the news is the latest twist in a fast-moving potential deal to keep TikTok operating in the US.

22 Sep 2025 - 1:27PMvideocam

Rupert Murdoch, centre, arrives for the banquet during US President Donald Trump’s state visit, at Windsor Castle, Britain on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters

TikTok

TikTok shows US-China deal is possible on some things at least

A framework for the sale of TikTok’s US operations represents a small step in US-China relations, even if larger topics are still far from resolved.

16 Sep 2025 - 5:00PM

Artificial intelligence

Larry Ellison briefly overtakes Elon Musk as world’s richest person

‘AI changes everything,’ says the 81-year-old co-founder of software giant Oracle.

11 Sep 2025 - 11:14AM

TikTok

Trump says 4 bidders in play for TikTok’s US business in deal expected ‘soon’

ByteDance-owned TikTok faces a deadline of April 5 to strike a deal for its US operations or be banned from the country’s app stores.

10 Mar 2025 - 2:29PM

Trending in China

Profile | Who is Jolin Zhu? Chinese woman, sixth wife of elderly Oracle founder

33-year-old studied at prestigious language school in northeastern China, has been dubbed ‘the next Wendi Deng’ by online observers.

26 Dec 2024 - 10:21AM

Lifting the lid on Jolin Zhu, the mysterious young Chinese woman who is the sixth wife of billionaire Oracle founder, Larry Ellison. Photo: AFP

World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos

World could get its first trillionaire within 10 years, Oxfam says

Anti-poverty organisation Oxfam releases report on wealth and global inequality as business elites gather in Davos.

15 Jan 2024 - 5:00PM

The combined fortunes of the world’s five richest men have more than doubled to US$869 billion since 2020, Oxfam says. Photo: Shutterstock

Millionaires, billionaires and trillionaires

Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison’s billion-dollar property portfolio

The tech entrepreneur dropped US$300 million to buy 98 per cent of Hawaii’s Lanai island, which features 2 Four Seasons resorts … so where else has he invested his billions?

3 Dec 2023 - 5:00AM

Millionaires, billionaires and trillionaires

Guess which 3 tech billionaires saw the biggest wealth jump in 2023 …

Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos have seen the biggest wealth surges in 2023, but which ‘mega-billionaire’ on the list isn’t from the tech sector?

27 Sep 2023 - 2:43PM

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Larry Ellison

UK clears Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros

The UK government and the antitrust watchdog both cleared the deal after initially raising concerns over media plurality and competition.

Paramount and Warner Bros ordered to pause mega-merger

Musk is world’s first trillionaire – what could he buy with all that money?

60 Minutes correspondent fired after clashing with bosses over US show

Scott Pelley terminated after accusing CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss of ‘murdering’ the prime-time show.

.css-1pcrwvc{color:#2aa191;}My Take | Why TikTok is being deliberately ruined by its new American owners

The popular social media platform, once owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, has been turned into an AI-enabled exploitation and censorship machine.

Warner Bros investors back US$110 billion merger with Paramount Skydance

Attention now turns to regulatory authorities, with both Washington and London expected to examine the merger’s impact on competition.

Trump names CEOs of Meta, Nvidia to 13-member science and tech council

The council, which also includes Oracle’s Larry Ellison and Google co-founder Sergey Brin, will weigh in on AI policy and other issues.

Paramount poised to acquire Warner Bros after Netflix drops bid

A Paramount merger with Warner Bros would unite two major Hollywood studios, two streaming platforms and two news operations.

My Take | TikTok deal good for Chinese owners but terrible for users in the United States

The social media platform, now majority owned by Americans, will herald a new era of state control and corporate manipulation of US citizens.

Who are the owners of the new TikTok US entity?

Private equity firms, tech giants and existing ByteDance backers make up the investor group behind the newly created US venture.

Netflix wins Warner Bros board support over Paramount with amended all-cash offer

Switching to a 100 per cent cash offer, Netflix secures unanimous board backing for its US$82.7 billion deal over rival Paramount.

Warner Bros prefers Netflix, snubs Paramount’s updated takeover bid

Warner Bros board calls Paramount’s US$108 billion offer ‘risky leveraged buyout’ and reaffirms its commitment to US$82 billion Netflix deal.

Paramount vs Netflix: Ellison guarantees US$40 billion for son’s Warner Bros bid

Pledge from Oracle’s co-founder is designed to quell financing fears as Paramount fights Netflix for control of Warner Bros Discovery assets.

Warner Bros rejects ‘inferior’ Paramount bid, backs Netflix merger

Warner Bros rebuffs Paramount’s hostile takeover, citing financial risks and backing Netflix merger as superior, stable, and shareholder-friendly.

Paramount counters Netflix with US$108 billion hostile bid for Warner Bros

Paramount’s offer came days after Netflix won a weeks-long bidding war to acquire Hollywood giant Warner Bros Discovery.

Netflix’s US$72 billion Warner Bros deal to reshape streaming landscape

Netflix’s acquisition gives it control of HBO Max, Harry Potter, and Game of Thrones, reshaping Hollywood and raising antitrust concerns.

Ronaldo, Musk attend Trump’s White House dinner with Saudi crown prince

Elon Musk was among business titans invited to the gala dinner, as tensions with Donald Trump thaw.

As I see it | How Fukuyama goes from the end of history to the end of the West

China’s ruling model may be the only remedy for what the political writer argues is the erosion of free speech and free elections by media-controlling plutocrats.

Tesla’s Elon Musk becomes first person to hit US$500 billion net worth: Forbes

After a turbulent start to the year, Tesla shares have gained on improved investor sentiment as Musk’s focus returned to his companies.

Trump to approve TikTok deal via executive order this week: report

According to a White House official, TikTok’s American assets are to be primarily owned by US investors and managed by a security-focused board.

Fox News’ Rupert Murdoch and Dell CEO could take part in TikTok deal, says Trump

With a December 16 deadline looming, the news is the latest twist in a fast-moving potential deal to keep TikTok operating in the US.

TikTok shows US-China deal is possible on some things at least

A framework for the sale of TikTok’s US operations represents a small step in US-China relations, even if larger topics are still far from resolved.

Larry Ellison briefly overtakes Elon Musk as world’s richest person

‘AI changes everything,’ says the 81-year-old co-founder of software giant Oracle.

Trump says 4 bidders in play for TikTok’s US business in deal expected ‘soon’

ByteDance-owned TikTok faces a deadline of April 5 to strike a deal for its US operations or be banned from the country’s app stores.

.css-1f6sr3w{color:#727272;}Profile | Who is Jolin Zhu? Chinese woman, sixth wife of elderly Oracle founder

33-year-old studied at prestigious language school in northeastern China, has been dubbed ‘the next Wendi Deng’ by online observers.

World could get its first trillionaire within 10 years, Oxfam says

Anti-poverty organisation Oxfam releases report on wealth and global inequality as business elites gather in Davos.

Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison’s billion-dollar property portfolio

The tech entrepreneur dropped US$300 million to buy 98 per cent of Hawaii’s Lanai island, which features 2 Four Seasons resorts … so where else has he invested his billions?

Guess which 3 tech billionaires saw the biggest wealth jump in 2023 …

Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos have seen the biggest wealth surges in 2023, but which ‘mega-billionaire’ on the list isn’t from the tech sector?

My Take | Why TikTok is being deliberately ruined by its new American owners

Profile | Who is Jolin Zhu? Chinese woman, sixth wife of elderly Oracle founder