Oracle (ORCL) stock & equity tools

Oracle Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Co-founded in Santa Clara, California, in 1977 by Bob Miner, Ed Oates, and current chairman of the board and chief technology officer Larry Ellison, Oracle is among the 20 largest companies in the world by market cap, and ranked 66th on the Forbes Global 2000 as of 2025.

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Larry Ellison, Bob Miner, and Ed Oates launched Software Development Laboratories in Santa Clara in 1977, renaming it Relational Software, then Oracle Systems, as the flagship database matured. Shares began trading on NASDAQ in March 1986. The company relocated its world headquarters from Redwood Shores to Austin in 2020, with a further Nashville hub announced in 2024. Beyond Oracle Database, the portfolio spans OCI, NetSuite, Fusion Cloud apps, and Cerner (acquired 2022 for $28.3B). FY2025 revenue reached $57.4B. Safra Catz served as CEO from 2014 until stepping into executive vice chair in September 2025. OCI now hosts massive AI training capacity for OpenAI, Meta, and Nvidia partners.

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Equity comp at Oracle

• RSUs use single-trigger vesting: shares become yours as each portion vests on schedule, and the value is taxed as ordinary income at that point. No IPO or acquisition is required.

Researched 2026-05-07.