Safra Catz: Oracle’s CEO

Safra Catz has been an executive at Oracle Corporation since 1999. Reportedly, she has closed more than 100 acquisition deals for Oracle. In 2017, TheStreet reported that Catz was the highest-paid female CEO in the US. Her reported net worth, according to Forbes, is over $1 billion.

When Oracle founder Larry Ellison stepped down, he appointed Catz and her co-president Mark Hurd as joint CEOs. Catz is also the corporation’s CFO. In September 2019, Hurd took leave to “address medical issues”, leaving Larry Ellison to fill his absence. Five weeks later, Hurd died, reportedly from cancer. That December, Ellison confirmed that Catz is now the sole CEO.