Editing Larry Ellison (section)

==Political involvement==
[[File:Secretary Pompeo Meets with the Oracle Leadership Team (49391194042).jpg|thumb|Ellison (right) with Secretary of State [[Mike Pompeo]] in 2020]]
Ellison was critical of [[National Security Agency|NSA]] whistle-blower [[Edward Snowden]], saying that "Snowden had yet to identify a single person who had been 'wrongly injured' by the NSA's data collection".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.techinasia.com/orcales-larry-ellison-data-privacy-working-japan/ |title=Oracle's Larry Ellison talks about Edward Snowden, isn't a big fan |first=J. T. |last=Quigley |date=April 10, 2014 |website=Tech in Asia |access-date= November 1, 2014 |archive-date= November 1, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141101202719/https://www.techinasia.com/orcales-larry-ellison-data-privacy-working-japan/ |url-status= live}}</ref> In 2012, he donated to both [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] politicians,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/07/02/how-silicon-valleys-10-biggest.html?page=all |title=How Silicon Valley's top 10 billionaires voted with their political cash |first=Luke |last=Stangel |date=July 2, 2013 |newspaper=Silicon Valley Business Journal |access-date= November 1, 2014 |archive-date= November 1, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141101221033/http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/07/02/how-silicon-valleys-10-biggest.html?page=all |url-status= live}}</ref> and in late 2014 hosted Republican senator [[Rand Paul]] at a fundraiser at his home.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/katherinemiller/larry-ellison-to-host-republican-fundraiser-with-rand-paul |title=Larry Ellison To Host Republican Fundraiser With Rand Paul |date=October 3, 2014 |first=Katherine |last=Miller |website=[[BuzzFeed]] |access-date= September 2, 2017 |archive-date= January 3, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180103193426/https://www.buzzfeed.com/katherinemiller/larry-ellison-to-host-republican-fundraiser-with-rand-paul |url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Dems-GOP-holding-mega-fundraisers-on-same-street-5807061.php |title=Dems, GOP holding mega-fundraisers on same street in Woodside |first=Carla |last=Marinucci |date=October 7, 2014 |newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |access-date= November 1, 2014 |archive-date= November 1, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141101204901/http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Dems-GOP-holding-mega-fundraisers-on-same-street-5807061.php |url-status= live}}</ref>

Ellison was one of the top donors to Conservative Solutions PAC, a super [[political action committee|PAC]] supporting [[Marco Rubio]]'s 2016 presidential bid. As of February 2016, Ellison had given $4&nbsp;million overall to the PAC.<ref name="RubioPAC">{{cite web |last=Vogel |first=Kenneth |title=Larry Ellison gives another $1&nbsp;million to boost Marco Rubio |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/marco-rubio-larry-ellison-219549 |website=[[Politico]] |date=February 20, 2016 |access-date= February 22, 2016 |df=mdy-all |archive-date= February 22, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160222010829/http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/marco-rubio-larry-ellison-219549 |url-status= live}}</ref> In 2020, Ellison allowed president [[Donald Trump]] to have a fundraiser at his [[Rancho Mirage, California|Rancho Mirage]] estate,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/politics/2020/02/12/trump-visit-larry-ellisons-rancho-mirage-estate-fundraising-event/4743576002/ |title=Trump to visit Palm Springs area next week for fundraising event at Oracle chairman Larry Ellison's estate |last=Metz |first=Sam |website=Desert Sun |language=en|access-date=2020-02-13|archive-date=February 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213092057/https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/politics/2020/02/12/trump-visit-larry-ellisons-rancho-mirage-estate-fundraising-event/4743576002/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/2/12/21135722/larry-ellison-donald-trump-fundraiser |title=Larry Ellison is doing an unthinkable thing for a tech titan: Hosting a fundraiser for Donald Trump |last=Schleifer |first=Theodore |date=2020-02-12 |website=Vox |language=en|access-date=2020-02-13|archive-date=February 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213064839/https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/2/12/21135722/larry-ellison-donald-trump-fundraiser|url-status=live}}</ref> but Ellison was not present.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mak |first=Aaron |date=2020-09-14 |title=How Oracle Became the Trump Administration's Favorite Tech Company |url=https://slate.com/technology/2020/09/oracle-tiktok-trump-microsoft.html |access-date=2020-10-28 |website=Slate Magazine |language=en |archive-date=October 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028134144/https://slate.com/technology/2020/09/oracle-tiktok-trump-microsoft.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2022, Ellison donated $15 million to the Opportunity Matters Fund super PAC associated with Sen. [[Tim Scott]] (R-SC), which is one of the most significant financial contributions of the [[2022 United States elections|2022 election cycle]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/19/larry-ellison-pumps-15m-into-super-pac-aligned-with-tim-scott-00010377 |title=Larry Ellison pumps $15M into super PAC aligned with Tim Scott |first=Scott |last=Bland |date=February 19, 2022 |website=Politico |access-date=February 19, 2022 |archive-date=February 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219182626/https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/19/larry-ellison-pumps-15m-into-super-pac-aligned-with-tim-scott-00010377 |url-status=live }}</ref>

''The Washington Post'' reported in May 2022 that Ellison participated in a conference call days after the 2020 presidential election that focused on strategies for challenging the legitimacy of the vote. Other participants on the call included [[Fox News]] host [[Sean Hannity]], Senator [[Lindsey Graham]], Trump personal attorney [[Jay Sekulow]] and [[James Bopp]], an attorney for [[True the Vote]]. The ''Post'' cited court documents and a participant on the call.<ref>{{cite news |title=Oracle's Larry Ellison joined Nov. 2020 call about contesting Trump's loss |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/20/larry-ellison-oracle-trump-election-challenges/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 20, 2022 |author1=Isaac Stanley-Becker |author2=Shawn Boburg |access-date=May 20, 2022 |archive-date=May 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520192411/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/20/larry-ellison-oracle-trump-election-challenges/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In January 2025, Ellison joined [[Sam Altman]] of [[OpenAI]] and [[Masayoshi Son]] of [[Softbank]] at the [[White House]] to announce [[Stargate LLC|The Stargate Project]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-ai-openai-oracle-softbank-son-altman-ellison-be261f8a8ee07a0623d4170397348c41|title=Trump highlights partnership investing $500 billion in AI|website=AP|date=January 22, 2025}}</ref>