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Safra Catz

CEO

Oracle

Information Technology and Services $ 345bn 164,000

Dedicating the last 25 years of her career to Oracle , Safra Catz has held various positions within the company since joining in 1999 . Taking on the role of CEO of Oracle in 2014 , Catz also serves on the company ’ s Board of Directors .

Catz believes in the need for leaders to be decisive , to act boldly and to be unafraid to go into uncharted territory to drive growth and stay ahead . She also advocates for the need to adopt modern technology including cloud and AI , building it into the foundations of new initiatives .

“ I do not think there is or will be a halt in the digital transformation . There are many companies today that understand that if they do not move forward fast their competitors will do so and they will be left behind ”

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