Even so, Mr Ellison remains the world’s fifth-richest man, and Oracle the third-biggest software firm. He has a thing or two to teach fellow tech titans, in particular his friend Elon Musk, about staying power.

US tech titans Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos are taking a prominent place in the new Trump era, but another player from another era -- Oracle boss Larry Ellison -- is making a surprise return.

President Donald Trump announced an A.I. initiative called Stargate. During a press conference at the White House attended by SoftBank (SFTBF) CEO Masayoshi Son and Oracle founder Larry Ellison, the returning President told reporters the initiative will invest $500 billion—equivalent to almost 2 percent of the annual U.

Billionaire Larry Ellison’s backing of Stargate — a landmark, $500 billion artificial intelligence infrastructure project touted by President Trump — could help grease the wheels for the ...

Oracle founder Larry Ellison said the Stargate project, a joint venture with OpenAI and Softbank, will help to fuel the development of a cancer vaccine.

As TikTok faces a potential ban, various bidders, including Elon Musk and Larry Ellison, are seen as suitors to buy the platform. Netflix is a possible option among streaming giants, though the company has not historically pursued major acquisitions.

President Donald Trump said he would be open to Elon Musk or Larry Ellison buying TikTok. Trump previously floated a joint venture, saying that the US should own half of the app. Trump has signed an executive order that gives TikTok another 75 days to figure out a new game plan.

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US President Donald Trump he would be open to tech billionaire Elon Musk – the owner of social media platform X – buying Chinese-owned app TikTok.

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Other potential buyers include the philanthropist Frank Mccourt ’s Project Liberty, which is raising capital to make a bid for TikTok in order to “rearchitect the platform” and protect user data. McCourt is a billionaire who previously owned the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team. The project is supported by the social psychologist Jonathan Haidt.

The world’s 500 richest people, led by Nvidia Corp. co-founder Jensen Huang, lost a combined US$108 billion on Monday as a tech-led sell-off tied to Chinese AI developer DeepSeek sent major indices plunging.