David ellison articles
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Silicon Valley and Hollywood worlds collide as David Ellison bids for Paramount
David Ellison, 41, would not be the first rich guy to arrive in Hollywood with a fat bank account and dreams of making movies, though the son of billionaire Oracle founder Larry Ellison boasts the rarest of attributes for a budding media mogul: a Silicon Valley pedigree. In an industry where many get their start fetching coffee or moving props, Ellison spent summers writing computer code for his father's software company and getting insights on the movie business from Pixar Animation Studios...
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REVEALED: Larry Ellison son's David, 41, and his bid to buy media giant Paramount
David Ellison, son of Oracle's Larry Ellison, is nearing a deal to buy Paramount. Ellison loves flying, a hobby he enjoyed with his father back when he was a teen. His Skydance Media has bankrolled blockbusters like 'Top Gun: Maverick'
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David Ellison's journey from trust fund kid to media mogul vying to buy Paramount
When David Ellison, the mega-rich aerobatic pilot and Ferrari-driving son of multibillionaire Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison landed in Hollywood, he was viewed as yet another trust fund scion with Klieg lights in his eyes and an enviable bank account. Unlike most Hollywood neophytes of his ilk, however, Ellison did not flame out in ignominy or retreat much poorer for his efforts. Rather, Ellison (after a few hiccups) launched Skydance Media, a successful Santa Monica-based production company...