Safra A. Catz Quotes


I literally went down to my car and thought, 'Oh my God, SAP bought Concur - maybe tomorrow they'll buy Dairy Queen.' It was the best thing that happened to me on the day I was named CEO of Oracle.


Citations

Catz, Safra A. "Q1 2015 Oracle Corp Earnings Call." Oracle Corporation, 18 Sept. 2014.

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Safra A. Catz
Safra A. Catz
  • Born: December 1, 1961
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: CEO Oracle

Safra A. Catz is an Israeli-American billionaire banker and technology executive. She is the CEO of Oracle Corporation. She has been an executive at Oracle since April 1999, and a board member since 2001. In April 2011, she was named co-president and chief financial officer (CFO), reporting to founder Larry Ellison. In September 2014, Oracle announced that Ellison would step down as CEO and that Mark Hurd and Catz had been named as joint CEOs. In December 2019, Oracle stated that Catz would be the sole CEO after Hurd's death.