Oracle Co-Founder Larry Ellison Adopts Trading Plan to Sell $7.5 Billion in Stock

PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2026, 11:50 PM ET

Oracle co-founder and chief technology officer Larry Ellison has adopted a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan to sell up to fifty million shares of common stock. Valued at approximately seven point five billion dollars based on recent market pricing, the structured divestment schedule runs from June twenty-second through October twenty-fourth, two thousand twenty-six. Regulatory filings revealed the transaction on Friday following Oracle’s fiscal first-quarter earnings report. Ellison currently controls more than forty percent of the software corporation, retaining approximately one point one billion shares if the plan executes fully. Market analysts note that Ellison historically avoids selling large equity stakes, preferring to hold or borrow against his holdings. The planned stock disposal coincides with intense investor scrutiny regarding Oracle's heavy capital expenditures and debt accumulation tied to artificial intelligence data center expansion. Meanwhile, Oracle reported robust quarterly revenue reaching nineteen point three billion dollars, fueled by soaring cloud infrastructure demand.

By Yusra M. | JQJO News

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