◼ Dossier
Larry Ellison
Co-founder and Chairman, Oracle Corporation. Net worth: ~$150 billion (Forbes, 2026). Oracle is among the world's largest cloud, database, and enterprise software providers.
Ellison has donated more than $26 million to fund the IDF. He built a $319 million data center in occupied Jerusalem. He proposed a national surveillance database to let the government track every American. He now controls the infrastructure through which 170 million Americans access TikTok. This is what the marriage of tech money and state power looks like.
acts
Ellison donated $26M+ to the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, including a record $16.6M single gift
Larry Ellison has donated over $26 million to the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) since 2014, including a $16.6 million donation in 2017 — described at the time as the largest single gift in FIDF history. The IDF is the army of a state conducting a military occupation of Palestinian territory. The FIDF funds soldier welfare, education, and morale for that army. Ellison has described Israel as "personal" — he spent part of his childhood on a kibbutz and his support for Israeli military institutions is a consistent feature of his giving.
- $16.6 million to FIDF in 2017 — "largest single gift in FIDF history" at that time.
- Total documented FIDF contributions from Ellison: over $26 million since 2014.
- The FIDF provides financial aid, education programs, and emotional support to current IDF soldiers and veterans.
- The IDF has been cited by the International Criminal Court and multiple UN investigations for violations of international humanitarian law in Gaza.
- Ellison has described Israel as a country with special personal meaning, citing his childhood kibbutz experience.
Oracle opened a $319 million cloud data center in occupied Jerusalem for the Israeli government
In 2021, Oracle launched a government cloud data center in Jerusalem to provide cloud computing services to the Israeli government under a contract valued at approximately $319 million. Ellison personally described the project as a strategic necessity for Israel and as a personal show of affection. Jerusalem's status is contested under international law — the UN does not recognize Israeli sovereignty over East Jerusalem, and the International Court of Justice has ruled that the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza is illegal. Oracle's data infrastructure directly enables Israeli government operations.
- $319 million contract to provide cloud services to the Israeli government.
- The data center is located in Jerusalem, whose disputed status Oracle's choice of location implicitly endorses.
- Ellison personally described the project as "both a strategic necessity for Israel and a personal show of affection."
- The BDS movement's Oracle Company Complicity Profile documents Oracle's ties to Israeli military ministries and collaboration in government AI and surveillance programs.
- Oracle also has contracts with Israeli universities, some of which have partnerships with military research programs.
After 9/11, Ellison proposed a single national surveillance database merging Social Security, financial, travel, and law enforcement records — offering Oracle's software for free
Following the September 11 attacks, Larry Ellison proposed that the US government create a single national ID system with biometric identifiers, and a unified national database integrating Social Security records, financial records, travel logs, and law enforcement data — to be fed into an AI analysis program. He offered Oracle's software for free to build this infrastructure. Civil libertarians warned that the proposal amounted to a surveillance state architecture. The political context was convenient for Oracle: the government contract to build it would be worth billions.
- Post-9/11 Ellison proposed a "single national security database" that would allow seamless inter-agency data sharing across Social Security, financial, travel, and law enforcement records.
- He advocated for a national ID card incorporating biometric identifiers.
- He offered Oracle's software for free — an offer that would establish Oracle as the infrastructure backbone of a federal surveillance network.
- Critics including the ACLU and various civil liberties groups warned that such a centralized database would fundamentally alter the relationship between citizens and the state.
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation noted at the time that "free software" to build a surveillance database would create permanent Oracle dependency for the government.
Oracle became TikTok's US data custodian, giving Ellison effective influence over content seen by 170 million Americans
Following years of US government concern about TikTok's Chinese ownership, Oracle was designated as TikTok's US data custodian under Project Texas — an arrangement where TikTok's American user data would be stored in Oracle's cloud. Critics including The Intercept have documented Ellison's close relationships with Israeli government officials and his support for Israeli military institutions, raising concerns about who in practice would have access to data on 170 million Americans under an arrangement negotiated between TikTok and an Ellison-controlled company.
- Oracle became TikTok's designated US data custodian as part of Project Texas, designed to address US government concerns about Chinese access to American user data.
- The arrangement gave Oracle — and by extension Ellison — leverage over one of the most popular information platforms in the United States.
- The Intercept documented that Ellison coordinated with Israeli military figures and his Oracle Jerusalem data center was positioned as part of Israeli government digital infrastructure.
- No public audit process governs what Oracle can do with TikTok's US user data.
- Ellison has made no public disclosures about what conditions, if any, govern US government access to the Oracle-held TikTok data.
Ellison paid $100M+ to settle SEC and DOJ investigation into Oracle's business practices
In 2001, Larry Ellison sold $900 million in Oracle stock shortly before the company issued disappointing earnings guidance, then made public statements about Oracle's financial condition that were contradicted by internal documents. The SEC investigated. Oracle settled without Ellison admitting wrongdoing, paying a civil penalty. A separate shareholder derivative suit was settled in 2005 — with Ellison agreeing to donate $100 million to charity and Oracle paying $22.5 million in legal fees. This was, at the time, one of the largest settlements of a shareholder derivative suit.
- Ellison sold approximately $900 million in Oracle stock between January and February 2001.
- Shortly afterward, Oracle issued earnings guidance that disappointed the market, and the stock price dropped sharply.
- The SEC and shareholder plaintiffs alleged Ellison had material inside knowledge of Oracle's financial performance when he sold.
- Ellison denied wrongdoing. The 2005 settlement: Ellison donated $100 million to charity (a form often used in derivative suit settlements to avoid admitting fault).
- Oracle paid $22.5 million in legal fees to plaintiffs' counsel.
◼ List of charges
01
Insider Trading
5 – 15 years
Statute: Trading securities based on material non-public information in violation of fiduciary duty or securities law.
Basis: Ellison sold $900M in Oracle stock before disappointing earnings guidance; 2005 shareholder derivative settlement: $100M charitable donation, Oracle paid $22.5M in legal fees; one of largest such settlements at the time
02
Mass Surveillance for Profit
10 – 25 years
Statute: Non-consensual, persistent collection and commercial exploitation of detailed behavioral, biometric, or personal data at population scale.
Basis: Post-9/11 proposed national surveillance database merging SSN, financial, travel, and law enforcement records with biometric national ID — offered Oracle software for free to install Oracle as permanent government surveillance backbone
03
Material Aid to Ongoing Genocide
30 – life
Statute: Providing financial, military, or logistical support to parties engaged in genocide as documented by UN, ICC, or equivalent international body.
Basis: $26M+ to Friends of the Israel Defense Forces; $319M Oracle cloud data center in occupied Jerusalem directly enabling Israeli government operations; IDF cited by ICC and UN for violations of international humanitarian law in Gaza
Total sentence
45–118 years
That is
0.6–1.5 life sentences
(using 78 years as one life)
At $1 million per day
Larry Ellison's fortune would last 41,068 years
526.5 lifetimes of luxury — before running out.
These are moral charges, not legal ones. The actual legal system has not — and will not — bring them.
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