Sep 14, 2026 · Industry Insights

Larry Ellison Cancels $7.5B Oracle Stock Sale Amid AI Pivot and Regulatory Scrutiny

Oracle founder Larry Ellison established then withdrew a 10b5-1 plan to sell up to 50 million shares worth ~$7.5B, a move that highlighted tensions between U.S. insider-trading safe harbors and EU blackout rules, while Oracle's AI-driven cloud growth, rising debt, and Ellison's personal financing commitments for his son's media deals added pressure on the stock.

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Larry Ellison Cancels $7.5B Oracle Stock Sale Amid AI Pivot and Regulatory Scrutiny

Architecture Digest

Jul 11, 2019 · Databases

The Rise of Oracle and the Evolution of the Database Industry

This article chronicles the origins and growth of Oracle, the colorful personality of its founder Larry Ellison, the early development of relational databases, the fierce competition among IBM, Sybase, Borland and other vendors, and the later impact of open‑source and cloud‑computing trends on the database market.

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The Rise of Oracle and the Evolution of the Database Industry