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Larry Ellison

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Theodore Schleifer • April 9, 2024

Tim Scott’s V.P. Edge & Trump’s Big Money Push

News and murmurs from the Mar-a-Lago money circuit: Larry Ellison’s involvement in the Trump veepstakes, John Paulson’s billionaire donor bash, and the anti-Biden progressive group trying to get serious.
Theodore Schleifer • October 24, 2023
The Elon-Vivek Sweepstakes & More Ellisonology
Elon has developed a reputation among Republican fundraisers during his redpilled era as a political flirt.
New dish on Musk’s budding presidential bromance, how Larry Ellison ghosted Tim Scott, and a new S.B.F. dark-money casualty.
Theodore Schleifer • August 8, 2023
Larry Ellison’s Eight-Figure Anti-Trump Dowry
Until somewhat recently, even Tim Scott could only guess what Larry Ellison’s total pledge might be.
From the start, Ellison stood alone in his unwavering support for Tim Scott. Now, a still-secret eight-figure check promises to turn the candidate into a Late Stage DeSantis alternative for the Wall Street and Silicon Valley crowd.
Ron DeSantis’s donor roll has a striking absence of notable Silicon Valley names.
Theodore Schleifer • August 1, 2023
DeSantis’s Donor Disappointment & S.B.F.’s Forever Purgatory
The ’24 kingmakers in Silicon Valley have at last been revealed, and this cycle is full of surprises—think Jan Koum, not Elon Musk. Plus, are Bankman-Fried’s former political allies finally off the hook?
Ken Griffin has always been a politically aware center-right rich guy, sure, but he’s ascended to a new level on the G.O.P. donor Mount Rushmore after Trump.
Theodore Schleifer & William D. Cohan • July 25, 2023
Griffin vs. Dimon & The S.B.F. Delusion
A conversational power ranking of the top donors on Wall Street: Effron, Fink, Wolf, Schwarzman, and more. Plus notes on Ken Griffin’s DeSantis bet, Dimon’s ’24 flirtation, and whether S.B.F. is destined for the clink.
Theodore Schleifer • June 27, 2023
Wall Street ’24 Bets & Chris Christie’s Cornermen
Inside dish on the latest presidential dark-money shenanigans and G.O.P. donor games as the first major fundraising quarter draws to a close.
Larry EllisonLarry Ellison has been described over the years as a “thinking-with-his-heart” donor.
Theodore Schleifer • April 18, 2023
The Larry Ellison Election
Silicon Valley’s $100 billion man wants Tim Scott, the affable and inspirational South Carolina senator, to be the next president. If only it were that easy.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.aFlordia governor Ron DeSantis, as a matter of rhetoric, has made his presumptive candidacy about the general feeling that the left’s social-justice warriors have gone too far.
Tina Nguyen • February 22, 2023
DeSantis Donor Fears & Haley’s MAGA Turn
A candid conversation about the political fundraising questions percolating in the pre-’24 landscape: Will DeSantis eventually alienate the Silicon Valley bigwigs? Will MAGA buy Haley’s act? What’s behind the Larry Ellison-Tim Scott bromance? And can George Santos keep from imploding?
Oracle chairman Larry Ellison has had a hot-and-cold relationship with Trump, and more recently, he has privately expressed that he’s ready to see the G.O.P. turn the page.
Theodore Schleifer • February 7, 2023
Silicon Valley G.O.P. Donor Spin-the-Bottle
For once, all the intrigue in the tech donor community is on the right—with conservative billionaires picking their dance partners for 2024, navigating the Trump question, and contemplating the “DeSantasy.”
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Matthew Belloni • December 30, 2022
The Hollywood Hero of the Year Is…
David Ellison arrived in Hollywood like a wannabe Bond villain: a young, icy-blue-eyed aerobatic pilot, armed with Larry’s billions. More than 15 years later, however, with a nine-figure payday from Top Gun: Maverick, his string of studio and streamer successes could be a harbinger for how Hollywood survives a new era of downsizing and consolidation.