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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Does he have $40 billion? Or will this just be more leveraged debt?

Well of course it's debt, but the debt is guaranteed by Ellison's personal Oracle stock. Which means that:
One - if the new Paramount/WB gets in to trouble (always a possibility with any media company) He might be required to sell chunks of his Oracle stock which would lower their value getting him in a destructive spiral of having to sell off increasing amounts Oracle stock at increasing lower values just to cover his personal loan. Which would leave Oracle open to a stock holders lawsuit too.
Or (and I think this is the much likelier scenario) - There's a AI stock crash and now David Ellison and the new Paramount/WB is left holding the bag for a shit ton of Oracle stock which is now worthless and are scrambling to pay stockholders.
Either way I'd expect a suit from anyone holding Oracle stock pretty soon.

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