SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2026|No. 17429
Business · Finance

Larry Ellison's Wealth Intertwined with Oracle and Paramount Debt

Billionaire Larry Ellison's significant holdings in Oracle, which is taking on substantial debt for AI initiatives, raise concerns about his capacity to support Paramount Global amid its own large debt acquisition.

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As Paramount Skydance Corp. and Oracle Corp. vault into the ranks of corporate America’s biggest borrowers, their links to the same man — billionaire Larry Ellison — are starting to stir angst on Wall Street.

The assumption among many investors has been that Ellison would step in to support Paramount if it got in financial trouble after taking on $52 billion of additional debt this week to help pay for its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. But with much of the Ellison family’s wealth tied to Oracle shares as the company undertakes its own capital intensive AI buildout, the worry is the value of that safety net could come under pressure just when Paramount needs it most.

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