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Oracle's Larry Ellison Loses $31 Billion, Falls To No. 3 Richest

Oracle's shares fell over 11% after missing revenue targets and revealing $12 billion AI spending, causing Larry Ellison's net worth to drop by $25 billion in one day.

  • On Thursday, Oracle founder Larry Ellison, 81, lost $25 billion after the company's fiscal second-quarter report missed Wall Street revenue expectations.
  • The company disclosed about $12 billion in AI capex for the quarter, above Wall Street's $8.3 billion forecast, as analysts and investors on Wednesday's call expressed concern over spending.
  • Owning about 40% of Oracle, Ellison faced one of the largest one-day wealth losses on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index as his net worth fell to around $258 billion.
  • Oracle's shares plunged in after-hours trading, falling more than 11%, and dropped another 3.8% on Friday, erasing $80 billion in market value after weaker revenue and heavy AI spending.
  • Earlier this year Ellison briefly became the world's richest person in September, but Elon Musk and Larry Page now lead; if Oracle's AI bets pay off, Ellison's net worth could rebound quickly.
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Bloomberg broke the news in United States on Thursday, December 11, 2025.
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