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Coogan: Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX will each own 15% of TikTok US
“You got Oracle, you got private equity firm Silverlake, you got Abu Dhabi-based MGX. They will each own 15% of the new entity, while TikTok investors will own about 30%.”
John Coogan Jan 24, 2026 ▶ 10:16 China’s acquisition spree, TikTok reaches U.S survival deal, Tech Giants hit by spying | Diet TBPN
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Coogan: Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX to own 45% of TikTok US
“TikTok has signed a deal for the sale of the United States unit. The deal should close January 20 22nd. This is from Sarah Fisher, the media correspondent at Axios. Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX will collectively own 45% of the U.S. Entity, 30% We'll be held by…”
John Coogan Dec 20, 2025 ▶ 10:53 TBPN Year in Review
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Coogan: Stargate's First Texas Data Center to Be Run by Oracle
“Stargate's first data center will be in Texas. The site which started construction last year will be operated by Oracle and used by OpenAI.”
John Coogan Jan 23, 2025 ▶ 11:08 Project Stargate, The T Word, Ramp Treasury, Audience Ad Reads, See You at Davos
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Gilbert: Larry Ellison required page-by-page rebuttal space in his biography
“So software is the book, sort of the canonical biography on Larry Ellison or Oracle, and his condition for writing the book was that every single page he would get space allotted to him to like effectively rebuttal.”
Ben Gilbert Oct 9, 2025 ▶ 36:14 Acquired Podcast Hosts Break Down Google’s $1 Trillion Mistake
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Coogan: TikTok ban legally targets app store distribution and Oracle hosting
“The law doesn't require TikTok to turn off the app. Instead, the law requires App Store operators like Apple and Google to stop making TikTok available for downloads. It also requires Oracle, TikTok's cloud provider, to stop hosting the app's U.S. Data user da…”
John Coogan Jan 18, 2025 ▶ 18:35 The END of TikTok?
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