Larry Ellison gives $40bn personal backing to Warner Bros Discovery bid
Oracle co-founder has agreed to backstop Paramount’s $108bn hostile bid personally
Oracle co-founder has agreed to backstop Paramount’s $108bn hostile bid personally

Personal guarantee from Oracle’s Larry Ellison insufficient to persuade Hollywood studio’s board

Hollywood studio and streaming company open to new bid but there are doubts over Ellison family funding

The saga of Oracle’s PeopleSoft takeover might show what is needed to win Warner Bros Discovery

Paramount chief executive met investors in New York to push his hostile bid for the Hollywood studio group

Skydance founder prepares bid just weeks after closing Paramount acquisition

David Ellison’s offer provides ‘untenable degree of risk’ and ‘potential downside’ for WBD shareholders