“There's $40 billion in backstop of the Warner Brothers deal ... a third of his shares ... made available as collateral for him to use for personal reasons.”
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pledged to backstop the Warner deal with up to $40-$50 billion of financing if needed
$40-$50 billion
“There's $40 billion in backstop of the Warner Brothers deal ... a third of his shares ... made available as collateral for him to use for personal reasons.”
“His ability to finance these multi-billion dollar media consolidations are at least to some degree, margin loans on his Oracle holdings ... he had to do a $40 billion backstop”
“They ... pledge to match, dollar for dollar, every contribution up to the first $50 million.”
“40 percent of us are going to end up having dementia if we're currently aged over 50.”
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