Overview
- Oracle’s fiscal fourth-quarter results topped estimates with $1.70 adjusted earnings per share and $15.9 billion in revenue, triggering a 13 percent stock surge on Thursday
- Shares added another 7 percent on Friday, lifting Oracle to about $215 per share and propelling Ellison’s net worth up by $40 billion over two sessions
- Ellison’s roughly 41 percent ownership of Oracle remains the primary driver of his wealth increase, vaulting him past Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg into the world’s second-richest spot
- Deutsche Bank and TD Cowen analysts identify Oracle’s AI-focused cloud infrastructure as the catalyst for record growth, forecasting a pivotal fiscal 2026 driven by AI training demand
- Tesla CEO Elon Musk continues to lead global billionaire rankings with an estimated net worth exceeding $410 billion