“Larry Ellison ... put tens of billions of dollars to buy that. ... David wants to make it clear ... I'm not just ... daddy scion ...”

Channels with Peter Kafka · Larry Ellison’s Media Ambitions & Kevin Roose on AI’s Biggest Gamble

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Financed his son David's acquisition of Paramount and Warner Bros. assets through Skydance, providing tens of billions of dollars

tens of billions of dollars

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