Oracle Founder Ellison Adopts Trading Plan to Sell Up to 50 Million Shares
Oracle founder, chairman and chief technology officer Larry Ellison has adopted a trading plan allowing the sale of up to 50 million Oracle shares, worth about USD 7.5 billion at current prices. The plan was adopted on June 22 and is scheduled to end on October 24. Ellison, who controls more than 40% of the company, would still hold 1.1 billion shares after the sales. Oracle's cloud infrastructure revenue rose 121% year on year, while its shares fell about 20% in 2026.
Larry Ellison, founder, chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle, has adopted a trading plan permitting the sale of up to 50 million Oracle shares, worth about USD 7.5 billion at current prices. The plan was adopted on June 22 and is scheduled to end on October 24, according to a regulatory filing.
Ellison has held a substantial stake in Oracle since founding the company in 1977, and adopting a sales plan is unusual for him. Since the start of this century, Ellison has never sold more than 25,000 Oracle shares at any point. An Oracle spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Ellison, 82, has driven Oracle's transformation from a traditional software maker into a major player in artificial intelligence infrastructure. To reach that scale, Oracle has taken on substantial debt, and its shares fell about 20% in 2026.
Ellison helped finance the 2025 merger of Skydance, the production company of his son David Ellison, with Paramount.
Why this event matters
The event has a measured impact on 2 industrys. The strongest current signal is negative for Cloud Services & Data Centres, with intensity 30/100 and 60% confidence over a short term horizon.
Cloud Services & Data Centres
- Direction
- negative
- Intensity
- 30
- Confidence
- 60%
- Horizon
- Short term
Artificial Intelligence
- Direction
- negative
- Intensity
- 25
- Confidence
- 55%
- Horizon
- Short term
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