By TOI Business Desk
Publication Date: 2025-12-22 22:58:00
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison has stepped in to personally guarantee more than $40 billion in financing Paramount Skydance’s hostile $78 billion bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. The move follows the WBD board’s open skepticism about whether the offer was fully funded and could be completed. By putting his own fortune on the line, Ellison aims to dispel these doubts while strengthening the high-risk family dynamic behind the takeover led by his son. David Ellison.
Larry Ellison steps in to clear up Warner Bros.’s financing doubts
WBD’s board has repeatedly argued that Paramount’s offer relies too heavily on outside investors and lacks funding security. In takeover situations, boards of directors are legally required to evaluate not only the total price, but also the likelihood that a deal will actually close. WBD described the original funding structure as unreliable, giving it reason to prefer a competing proposal with clearer financial support.Larry Ellison’s guarantee covers $40.4 billion of…
