Safra Catz

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  • Title
    CEO
  • Affiliation
    Oracle
  • Age
    58
  • 2020 Rank
    8
Since the death of co-CEO Mark Hurd last fall, Catz has been leading Oracle at a pivotal moment as it transitions to selling more modern cloud-computing services. Although Oracle lost the epic cloud JEDI Pentagon contract last year, Catz is overseeing a potential blockbuster deal between Oracle and social media darling TikTok. The company’s stock is up 13% over the past year, and its market cap exceeds $183 billion.

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