Safra Catz

“Oracle's technology and business have never been stronger. And our breathtaking growth rate points to an even more prosperous future. At this time of strength is the right moment to pass the CEO role to the next generation of capable executives.”

“Today, Oracle is recognized as the cloud of choice for both AI training and inferencing. I'm very proud of that,”

“We are on the side of freedom. We are on the side of democracy,”

“And by the way, this is true not only in companies — whole civilizations survive or disappear because of whether they’re adaptable to new conditions and new capabilities, and those that really take advantage of them are going to prosper,”

“And one of the reasons that businesses succeed is when they’re adaptable and when they’re absorbing those new technologies. But those that sort of stick with what they have? They get passed over.”

“Transforming yourself and modernizing yourself — that’s not a destination, it’s a constant journey,”

“One thing we can agree on — in every company — is that the one thing that’s not going to change is that everything is changing all the time, and that you’ve got to be ready, and you’ve got to see it–and often see it before your competitors.”

“But what we saw during COVID was, in fact, that companies who did not adjust…weren’t going to survive COVID. And what we saw is that changing fast, actually, isn’t risky at all — in fact, changing slowly can be fatal,”

“From October 7th I feel like we have been in this trauma, catastrophe really from the first moment. There's before October 7th, and there's after, and it's been a really remarkable and difficult time,”

“We believe now is a very good time to be in Israel”

“The question is whether the company can survive or is it burning its cash.”

“We have great respect for the Israeli government but think it made a mistake in the cloud tender,”

“Not everyone was betting on Oracle to cross the chasm and be such a leader in the cloud.”

“Our competitors didn’t think to do that,”

“Not one minute did I actually feel pessimistic,”

“Some of the best people in the world are here in Israel, and there's no question about that”

“And in fact… you all supported me.”

“In fact, anytime you stop, your competitors are going to pass you,”

“And today we’re seeing that. We’re seeing this incredible prosperity and improvement in productivity, in capability, in really meeting customer expectations and exceeding them. And that’s what we’re pushing forward with.”

“Just this morning, I was listening to Jamie Dimon [CEO of JPMorgan Chase] talk about the entire global outlook and sort of the level of uncertainty that there is,”

“You always know that the technology we build isn’t like everyone else’s,”