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Oracle CEO Safra Catz to depart Walt Disney board

2024.07.19 17:32

(Reuters) – Walt Disney (NYSE:) said on Friday that Oracle (NYSE:) chief executive Safra Catz is departing the entertainment company’s board after six years.

Catz was elected to Disney’s board in 2017 along with Illumina Inc (NASDAQ:)’s former CEO Francis deSouza, at a time when the company was looking to acquire Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ:)’s media empire.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Safra A. Catz, Chief Executive Officer, Oracle, speaks at 2017 SelectUSA Investment Summit in Oxon Hill, Maryland, U.S., June 19, 2017.   REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

Disney CEO Robert Iger said Catz “has provided invaluable insight that has helped shape (Disney’s) long-term strategic planning amid a rapidly changing technological landscape.”

Following Catz’s departure, Disney’s board will be down to 11 members.



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