Safra Catz

Safra Catz
Born
Safra Ada Catz

December 1961 (age 62)
Holon, Israel
CitizenshipUnited States
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania (BA, JD)
OccupationCEO of Oracle
Spouse
Gal Tirosh
​
(m. 1997)​
Children2

Safra Ada Catz (Hebrew: צפרא עדה כץ; born December 1961) 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.[1] In September 2014, Oracle announced that Ellison would step down as CEO and that Mark Hurd and Catz had been named as joint CEOs.[2] In September 2019, Catz became the sole CEO after Hurd resigned due to health issues.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference allth1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Oracle Board Appoints Larry Ellison Executive Chairman and CTO. Safra Catz and Mark Hurd Appointed CEO". Oracle Corporation. Archived from the original on September 19, 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
  3. ^ Sayer, Peter (October 18, 2019). "Oracle Co-CEO Mark Hurd dies". CIO. Retrieved March 8, 2022.