Oracle Corporation Announces Promotion of Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia to CEOs; Safra Catz Appointed Executive Vice Chair of the Board of Directors
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) announced significant leadership changes with the promotion of Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia to CEOs, while current CEO Safra Catz transitions to Executive Vice Chair of the Board of Directors. Magouyrk, previously President of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and Sicilia, former President of Oracle Industries, will jointly lead Oracle's AI-focused future.
The leadership transition comes as Oracle strengthens its position in AI and cloud infrastructure. Magouyrk, who joined from AWS in 2014, has led OCI's growth into a major platform for AI training and inference. Sicilia has been instrumental in modernizing Oracle's Industry applications with AI technologies.
Additionally, Oracle announced the promotion of Mark Hura to President of Global Field Operations and Doug Kehring to Principal Financial Officer. The company reaffirmed its financial guidance from September 9, 2025.
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) ha annunciato importanti cambiamenti nella leadership con la promozione di Clay Magouyrk e Mike Sicilia a CEO, mentre l’attuale Amministratore Delegato Safra Catz passerà a Vicepresidente Esecutivo del Consiglio di Amministrazione. Magouyrk, ex presidente di Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), e Sicilia, ex presidente di Oracle Industries, guideranno congiuntamente il futuro di Oracle indirizzato all’IA.
La transizione della leadership avviene in un contesto di rafforzamento della posizione di Oracle nell’IA e nell’infrastruttura cloud. Magouyrk, entrato in Oracle da AWS nel 2014, ha guidato la crescita di OCI diventando una piattaforma chiave per l’addestramento e l’inferenza nell’IA. Sicilia è stato determinante nel modernizzare le applicazioni industriali di Oracle con tecnologie IA.
Inoltre, Oracle ha annunciato la promozione di Mark Hura a Presidente delle Global Field Operations e Doug Kehring a Principal Financial Officer. L’azienda ha confermato le previsioni finanziarie del 9 settembre 2025.
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) anunció cambios significativos en el liderazgo con el ascenso de Clay Magouyrk y Mike Sicilia a CEOs, mientras que la actual CEO Safra Catz pasa a Presidenta Ejecutiva del Consejo de Administración. Magouyrk, anteriormente Presidente de Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), y Sicilia, ex Presidente de Oracle Industries, dirigirán conjuntamente el futuro enfocado en la IA de Oracle.
La transición de liderazgo ocurre mientras Oracle fortalece su posición en IA y en infraestructura en la nube. Magouyrk, que se unió desde AWS en 2014, ha impulsado el crecimiento de OCI convirtiéndolo en una plataforma clave para el entrenamiento y la inferencia de IA. Sicilia ha sido fundamental para modernizar las aplicaciones de la Industria de Oracle con tecnologías de IA.
Además, Oracle anunció la promoción de Mark Hura a Presidente de Global Field Operations y Doug Kehring a Director Financiero Principal. La compañía reafirmó sus previsiones financieras del 9 de septiembre de 2025.
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL)은 Clay Magouyrk와 Mike Sicilia를 CEO로 승진시키고, 현 CEO Safra Catz가 이사회 부회장으로 이동하는 중대한 리더십 변화를 발표했습니다. OCI(Oracle Cloud Infrastructure) 대표였던 Magouyrk과 Oracle Industries 대표였던 Sicilia는 AI 중심의 미래를 공동으로 이끌게 됩니다.
이번 리더십 전환은 Oracle이 AI 및 클라우드 인프라 분야에서 입지를 강화하는 맥락에서 이뤄졌습니다. 2014년 AWS에서 합류한 Magouyrk는 OCI를 AI 학습 및 추론을 위한 주요 플랫폼으로 성장시키는 데 이끌었습니다. Sicilia는 산업용 애플리케이션을 AI 기술로 현대화하는 데 핵심 역할을 해왔습니다.
또한 Oracle은 Mark Hura를 글로벌 필드 운영 책임자로, Doug Kehring을 최고재무책임자로 승진시키는 인사도 발표했습니다. 회사는 2025년 9월 9일자 재무 지침을 재확인했습니다.
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) a annoncé des changements importants au niveau de la direction avec la promotion de Clay Magouyrk et Mike Sicilia au poste de PDG, tandis que l’actuelle PDG Safra Catz devient Vice-Présidente exécutive du Conseil d’Administration. Magouyrk, ancien Président d’Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), et Sicilia, ancien Président d’Oracle Industries, dirigeront ensemble l’avenir axé sur l’IA.
Cette transition de leadership s’inscrit dans le cadre du renforcement d’Oracle dans l’IA et l’infrastructure cloud. Magouyrk, arrivé d’AWS en 2014, a conduit la croissance d’OCI pour en faire une plateforme majeure de formation et d’inférence en IA. Sicilia a joué un rôle clé dans la modernisation des applications Industry d’Oracle grâce aux technologies IA.
Par ailleurs, Oracle a annoncé la promotion de Mark Hura au poste de Président des Global Field Operations et Doug Kehring au poste de Directeur Financier Principal. La société a réaffirmé ses prévisions financières au 9 septembre 2025.
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) gab bedeutende Führungsänderungen bekannt, mit der Beförderung von Clay Magouyrk und Mike Sicilia zu CEOs, während der derzeitige CEO Safra Catz zum Executive Vice Chair des Board of Directors wird. Magouyrk, früher Präsident von Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), und Sicilia, ehemaliger Präsident von Oracle Industries, werden gemeinsam die Zukunft von Oracle lenken, die auf KI ausgerichtet ist.
Der Führungswechsel erfolgt, während Oracle seine Position im Bereich KI und Cloud-Infrastruktur stärkt. Magouyrk, der 2014 von AWS zu Oracle kam, hat das Wachstum von OCI zu einer führenden Plattform für KI-Training und -Inferenzen geführt. Sicilia war maßgeblich an der Modernisierung der Industry-Anwendungen von Oracle mit KI-Technologien beteiligt.
Zusätzlich kündigte Oracle die Beförderung von Mark Hura zum Präsidenten der Global Field Operations und Doug Kehring zum Principal Financial Officer an. Das Unternehmen bekräftigte seine finanziellen Leitlinien vom 9. September 2025.
أوراكل (بورصة نيويورك: ORCL) أعلنت عن تغييرات كبيرة في القيادة بترقية Clay Magouyrk و Mike Sicilia إلى الرئاستين التنفيذيتين، في حين ينتقل المدير التنفيذي الحالي Safra Catz إلى نائب رئيس مجلس الإدارة التنفيذي. سيكون Magouyrk، الذي كان رئيسًا لـ Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)، وSicilia، الذي كان رئيسًا لم Oracle Industries، يقودان معًا المستقبل المركّز على الذكاء الاصطناعي.
تأتي هذه الانتقال في القيادة بينما تقوّي أوراكل موقعها في مجال الذكاء الاصطناعي وبنية السحابة التحتية. انضم Magouyrk من AWS في 2014، وقاد نمو OCI ليصبح منصة رئيسية لتدريب واستدلال الذكاء الاصطناعي. كما لعب Sicilia دورًا محوريًا في تحديث تطبيقات الصناعة التابعة لأوراكل بتقنيات الذكاء الاصطناعي.
بالإضافة إلى ذلك، أعلنت أوراكل عن ترقية Mark Hura إلى رئيس عمليات الميدان العالمية وDoug Kehring إلى رئيس مالي أول. أكّدت الشركة توجيهاتها المالية حتى 9 سبتمبر 2025.
Oracle（NYSE:ORCL）宣布了重要的领导层变动，任命 Clay Magouyrk 和 Mike Sicilia 为CEO，现任CEO Safra Catz 转任董事会执行副主席。Magouyrk 以前是 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) 的总裁，Sicilia 以前是 Oracle Industries 的总裁，两人将共同引领 Oracle 面向 AI 的未来。
本次领导层交接正值 Oracle 在 AI 和云基础设施领域进一步巩固地位之际。自2014年从 AWS 加盟以来，Magouyrk 领导 OCI 将其打造为 AI 训练与推理的主要平台。Sicilia 在将 Oracle 的行业应用以 AI 技术现代化方面发挥了关键作用。
此外，Oracle 还宣布将 Mark Hura 提升为全球现场运营总裁，以及 Doug Kehring 提升为首席财务官（Principal Financial Officer）。公司重申了截至 2025 年 9 月 9 日的财务指引。
- Strategic leadership transition maintaining continuity with experienced internal executives
- Strong positioning in AI and cloud infrastructure with demonstrated growth in OCI
- Successful modernization of industry applications with AI integration
- Reaffirmation of financial guidance indicating stability during transition
- Departure of veteran CEO Safra Catz from operational leadership
- Potential execution risks with dual-CEO structure
Insights
Oracle's CEO transition to Magouyrk and Sicilia signals strategic AI focus while maintaining leadership continuity with Catz as Executive Vice Chair.
Oracle's leadership reorganization represents a significant yet orderly transition, appointing two seasoned internal executives with complementary expertise. The dual-CEO structure strategically combines Magouyrk's infrastructure expertise with Sicilia's applications knowledge, creating a leadership team specifically aligned with Oracle's AI-focused future. This structure resembles previous dual-leadership models at Oracle (Hurd/Catz) and differs from traditional single-CEO transitions.
The timing of this transition speaks volumes - Oracle is executing it from a position of strength, as emphasized by Catz's mention of "breathtaking growth" and the company explicitly reaffirming recent financial guidance. This minimizes transition risk while allowing the company to install AI-native leadership. Magouyrk's background as an AWS veteran who built Oracle's cloud infrastructure from scratch gives him particular credibility in the hyperscale cloud space where Oracle competes against AWS, Azure and Google.
The retention of Safra Catz as Executive Vice Chair and Ellison as CTO maintains significant leadership continuity, essentially creating a leadership triumvirate rather than a complete handover. This structured transition appears designed to retain institutional knowledge while injecting specialized AI expertise into top leadership. The additional promotions of Mark Hura and Doug Kehring complete a comprehensive succession plan aimed at strengthening Oracle's competitive positioning in AI infrastructure and applications.
Clay Magouyrk, previously President, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), joined Oracle in 2014 from Amazon Web Services. As a founding member of Oracle's cloud engineering team, Clay has overseen the design, implementation and business success of Gen2 of OCI. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Gen2 is a high-performance, secure, cost-efficient platform that powers both hyperscale public cloud datacenters and gigawatt-scale AI Training datacenters. Under his leadership, OCI has achieved unprecedented growth and has become the go-to platform for AI training and inference.
Mike Sicilia, formerly President, Oracle Industries, brings deep expertise in vertical applications and applied AI. Joining Oracle through the acquisition of Primavera Systems, Mike's engineering teams pioneered the use of intent-based application generation to replace traditional coding for building Oracle applications. His teams also added very sophisticated sets of AI Agents to our industry application suites—including healthcare, banking, communications, utilities, hospitality and retail. These new AI cloud applications deliver comprehensive, end-to-end solutions to both regulated and traditional industries.
Larry Ellison, Oracle's Chairman of the Board and Chief Technology Officer, stated, "Humanity is investing enormous resources in the race to advance Artificial Intelligence. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is playing a major part in that effort. Clay's years of experience leading Oracle's large, fast-growing Cloud Infrastructure business has demonstrated his readiness for a CEO role. Mike has spent the last several years modernizing Oracle's Industry applications businesses—including Oracle Health—by completely rebuilding those applications using the latest AI technologies. A few years ago, Clay and Mike committed Oracle's Infrastructure and Applications businesses to AI—it's paying off. They are both proven leaders, and I am looking forward to spending the coming years working side-by-side with them. Oracle's future is bright."
Together, CEOs Magouyrk and Sicilia will continue to collaborate on building complete industry suites of AI applications on top of Oracle's rapidly evolving AI Database and Cloud Infrastructure. "We are excited to lead Oracle into the AI era, where technological innovation leads to extraordinary business opportunity and hyper-growth," said Magouyrk and Sicilia in a joint statement. "Our combined strengths in AI, cloud infrastructure, horizontal applications and industry applications, will enable Oracle to deliver the latest AI capabilities to our customers."
Safra Catz, who has served as Oracle's CEO since 2014, has been appointed to serve as Executive Vice Chair of the Oracle Board of Directors. Larry Ellison, Oracle's Chairman of the Board and Chief Technology Officer, said, "Safra led Oracle as we became a hyperscale cloud powerhouse—clearly demonstrated by our recent results. In her role as Vice Chair, Safra and I will be able to continue our 26-year partnership—helping to guide Oracle's direction, growth and success."
"Today, Oracle is recognized as the cloud of choice for both AI training and inferencing. I'm very proud of that," said 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. Congratulations Clay and Mike."
Oracle also announced that Mark Hura, currently EVP of Oracle North America Sales, is being promoted to President, Global Field Operations. Doug Kehring, current EVP of Operations, is being promoted to Principal Financial Officer.
The company also reaffirmed the financial guidance provided on its September 9, 2025, earnings conference call.
Oracle will host a conference call and live webcast at 8:00 a.m. Central Time to discuss today's announcement. The live webcast will be available on the Oracle Investor Relations website at www.oracle.com/investor.
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