Larry Ellison: The Shadow President of Trump’s America
▼ Summary
– Larry Ellison is described by Trumpworld insiders as operating like a “shadow president” due to his significant but discreet influence.
– Ellison maintains lower visibility than other tech billionaires like Elon Musk, which benefits his influence in Washington.
– The Ellison family is amassing unprecedented power through business expansions including Oracle’s key role in TikTok’s US operations and a potential media empire merger.
– Oracle holds strategic positions in major tech projects including hosting TikTok, partnering on OpenAI’s Stargate data center, and a $100 billion Nvidia/OpenAI deal.
– Despite his growing dominance across technology, media, and AI infrastructure, Ellison benefits from his business’s perceived lack of public attention.
In the corridors of power shaping America’s second Trump term, few figures wield as much quiet influence as Larry Ellison. The Oracle cofounder operates with a discretion that has insiders labeling him a de facto “shadow president,” a force whose impact is felt far more than it is seen. While other billionaire titans capture headlines, Ellison has masterfully cultivated an aura of low-profile authority, making his moves from behind the scenes.
Unlike Elon Musk, who is publicly navigating a path back into the former president’s inner circle, Ellison has maintained a steady presence. The advanced age of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and the unconventional public pursuits of Peter Thiel further set Ellison apart. His strategy appears to be one of calculated subtlety, a quality highly valued in the current political climate. A source within the artificial intelligence sector described Ellison as “the anti-Elon,” noting that while he may not be widely feared, Washington insiders are acutely aware of his tremendous pull.
At eighty-one years old, Ellison is simultaneously building a family dynasty that extends his reach across critical sectors of the modern economy. The fundamental nature of his business—dealing in cloud infrastructure, databases, and servers—lacks the flash of electric cars or social media platforms, which has historically kept him out of the spotlight. This very obscurity, however, may be his greatest asset, allowing him to amass unprecedented influence with minimal public scrutiny.
That era of quiet dominance may be coming to an end. The scale of the Ellison family’s ambitions is becoming too vast to conceal. Through a combination of strategic political support as a GOP donor and the Trump administration’s favorable policy decisions, Ellison’s empire is expanding at a remarkable pace.
A key pillar of this expansion is the pending control over vertical video through Oracle’s central role in the proposed consortium for TikTok’s U.S. operations, a platform it already hosts. Simultaneously, a move toward airwave domination is underway with the merger of his son David’s Skydance with Paramount. This deal could place major broadcast and cable assets, including CBS and potentially even CNN, under the family’s umbrella. The empire’s breadth is staggering, stretching from the broadcast rights to the Ultimate Fighting Championship to the foundational technology of the future. Oracle is a lead partner in the massive Stargate data center project for OpenAI in Texas and is also connected to a monumental $100 billion deal involving Nvidia and OpenAI, cementing its position at the heart of the AI revolution.
(Source: Wired)
