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Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison is building a media empire, with stakes in TikTok, CBS, CNN and more

Editor's take: Larry Ellison has spent decades shaping Silicon Valley through Oracle, the software company he co-founded in 1977. Now 81, and with a fortune that recently placed him among the richest people in the world, Ellison is moving in a new direction: media ownership. His investments, alongside those of his son, David, suggest ambitions that extend well beyond the corporate software world he helped define.