Larry Ellison's historic week, Pimp my Portfolio & the power of voluntary super contributions

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Sep 21, 2025

In this engaging discussion, financial adviser Matt Ingram lends his expertise to the 'Pimp My Portfolio' segment, where he reviews a listener's investment strategy. He highlights the importance of diversified ETFs and offers insights on crypto allocations. The conversation also dives into Larry Ellison's astonishing week, covering his massive wealth increase, his bid to take over TikTok's American operations, and his family's Hollywood ventures. Additionally, the episode explains the benefits of voluntary super contributions for maximizing investment returns.

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Oracle's AI Push Revitalized The Company

Oracle's AI and cloud push transformed it from a legacy database firm into a high-growth cloud provider.
That strategic shift materially boosted Larry Ellison's net worth as Oracle's share price surged.

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Earnings Beat Fueled A Historic Wealth Jump

Oracle's earnings and big-cloud contract forecasts caused a dramatic one-day share surge and huge wealth gains for Ellison.
The stock rose over 80% in 2025, outpacing major tech peers and briefly making Ellison the world's richest person.

ANECDOTE

Oracle Leads TikTok US Consortium

Oracle is leading a US consortium to buy TikTok's American operations with Silver Lake and a16z alongside it.
ByteDance would keep 19.9% and still license the algorithm, creating a complex split of control and revenue.

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Has Larry Ellison just had the best week in business history?

He added $101 billion to his net worth in an afternoon, briefly became the world's richest person, is leading the buyout of TikTok's American operations and his helping his son take over Hollywood. Not bad for an 81-year-old who many thought was a relic of a past internet age.

In today's episode we unpack everything Ellison related, from Oracle, to TikTok, to Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery.

That's not all we're covering in another big episode of Equity Mates:

Pimp my Portfolio is back as we review the portfolio of an Equity Mates listener
Super September continues as we unpack the big difference small additional contributions can make

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