Ellison Pledges $9.2 Billion More in Oracle Shares as Collateral
Larry Ellison has pledged 67 million more shares of Oracle Corp. as collateral for personal loans than he had at the same time last year.
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison has pledged an additional 67 million shares of Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) as collateral for personal loans, adding $9.2 billion to the total amount of Oracle stock Ellison has pledged as collateral compared to last year, according to a proxy filing released on Friday. This represents a 19% increase in the amount of Oracle stock Ellison has pledged since 2025, and now makes up about 36% of Ellison's holdings in the company.
The 82-year-old technology billionaire owns approximately 1.16 billion Oracle shares. The disclosure comes as Ellison assists in financing his son David Ellison's planned $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD), with the Ellisons committing $47 billion in equity financing, of which about $24 billion is coming from Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds.
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