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To: Paul Senior who wrote (52084)	8/12/2013 5:32:26 PM
From: IndependentValue	Read Replies (1) of 78644

I've looked at ORCL a number of times over the last while - on most metrics it looks like an excellent business, but I just can't help shake a potential concern over Larry Ellison - he has built a great company, but with him owning c. 24% of the stock, and a c. $4 billion credit secured against that, I would question whether his interests are aligned with ordinary shareholders. I get a sense that ORCL is like his personal fiefdom. I thought I had read somewhere that he owns a different class of stock to ordinary shareholders, which gives him greater control ( a bit like Brin and Page at Google) - haven't been able to dig up further info on this - can anyone shed any light on this? (I could be wrong on this point BTW).

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