WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
  • Larry Ellison pledged 67 million more Oracle shares as collateral for personal loans, a 19% increase from the number pledged in 2025.
  • The additional shares are worth about $9.2 billion at Oracle’s closing price of $137.10.
  • The Ellisons committed $47 billion toward Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition, including about $24 billion from three Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds.

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Larry Ellison has pledged 67 million more shares of Oracle Corp. as collateral for personal loans than he had pledged at the same point last year. The added shares carry a value of about $9.2 billion based on Oracle’s latest closing price.

Oracle disclosed the expanded share pledges in a proxy filing on Friday. The filing provides a fresh look at the volume of company stock Ellison has committed as collateral against his personal loans.

The additional 67 million shares represent a 19% increase in the number of Oracle shares Ellison had pledged in 2025. That comparison measures the newly disclosed total against the number pledged at the same time last year.

Oracle shares closed at $137.10, the price used to place the value of the additional pledged stock at approximately $9.2 billion. The valuation therefore reflects the company’s closing share price cited alongside the proxy disclosure.

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The filing focuses on shares pledged as collateral rather than a reported sale of Oracle stock. Ellison retains the shares within the collateral arrangement described in the filing, while the disclosure connects them directly to personal loans.

The scale of the increase is captured in both share count and market value. An additional 67 million Oracle shares have entered the collateral pool, carrying a multibillion dollar valuation at the cited closing price.

The expanded pledge comes as Ellison is also helping his son David’s company, Paramount Skydance Corp., pursue its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. That transaction is valued at $111 billion.

Larry Ellison and David Ellison have committed a combined $47 billion in equity funding for the Paramount Skydance transaction. The commitment represents part of the financing attached to the proposed Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition.

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About $24 billion of that $47 billion equity commitment is coming from three Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds. The remaining details of the equity funding were not specified in the disclosed source material.

The Oracle pledge and the Paramount Skydance financing commitment are separate figures presented alongside one another. The proxy filing identifies the Oracle shares as collateral for Ellison’s personal loans, while the acquisition involves committed equity funding.

The disclosure does not state that the additional $9.2 billion in pledged Oracle shares is itself part of the Warner Bros. Discovery transaction. It identifies the collateral increase and separately describes Ellison’s role in supporting his son’s company.

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At Oracle’s $137.10 closing price, the 67 million additional pledged shares translate into the reported value of about $9.2 billion. Any change in Oracle’s share price would alter the market value of that block, although the disclosed number of additional shares remains 67 million.

The filing’s year over year comparison places Ellison’s expanded collateral commitment at 19% above the number of shares pledged in 2025. It does not provide further details about the personal loans secured by the shares.

The Paramount Skydance acquisition carries a substantially larger stated transaction value of $111 billion. Against that total, the Ellisons have committed $47 billion in equity funding, with approximately $24 billion provided by the three Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds.

Together, the disclosed figures present two major financial commitments involving Ellison. One is the additional Oracle collateral valued at about $9.2 billion, while the other is the Ellisons’ $47 billion equity commitment supporting Paramount Skydance’s planned acquisition.

DISCLAIMER: GoldInvestors.news is not a registered investment, legal or tax advisor or broker/dealer. All investment/financial opinions expressed by GoldInvestors.news are from the personal research and experience of the owner of the site and are intended as educational material. Although best efforts are made to ensure that all information is accurate and up to date, occasionally unintended errors and misprints may occur.