Katz Safra (Safra Catz)

Katz Safra (Safra Catz)

Biography

1961-1986

Safra Catz was born in 1961 in Israel.

Katz moved from Israel to Brooklyn, the State of Massachusetts at the age of 6 years. She graduated from the Higher school of Brooklyn. In 1983 received degree of the bachelor of School Warton of the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania) and a candidate's degree of the same university in 1986.

Worked in investment bank Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.

1999: Transition to Oracle

Safra Catz joined Oracle in April, 1999, and two years later she joined the companies the board.

The board member of the company since October, 2001.

The president of Oracle since January, 2004.

The chief financial officer of Oracle Corporation since November, 2005.

2008-2009

In May, 2008 Safra Catz joined HSBC Group the board. In 2009 it was called by Fortune of one of 12 most influential business ladies and also as one of 16 most influential women.

2016: The highest paid female head in the USA

On May 16, 2016 it became known that Safra Catz became the highest paid female head in the USA. Its income grew after appointment to the post of the CEO of Oracle.

According to the Bloomberg agency, in 2015 financial year (came to the end on May 31 the 2015th calendar) Safra Catz earned from a post of the head of Oracle about $56.9 million where bonuses for arrival to the highest executive position of the company, large options on stocks and salary entered $1 million.

The head of Oracle was called the highest paid female head in the USA

As a result Safra Catz won first place in the rating of Bloomberg Pay Index consisting of 200 most highly paid heads of the companies whose shares are traded at the American exchanges.

In 2015 a fiscal year Oracle provided to Safra Catz about 2.25 million actions for the amount $22 million against 2.75 million pieces the previous year. Decrease in the option happened against the background of criticism of the shareholders and the organizations exercising corporate control concerning a large income of top managers of the company.

The chief financial officer of Alphabet holding Ruth Porat and the head of General Motors carmaker Mary Barra to whom employers in a year paid $41.1 million and $36.3 million respectively entered into top three of a female Bloomberg Pay Index segment in 2016.

The leader of the rating in 2015 the senior vice president on retail and Internet trade of Apple Angela Ahrendts fell by the fifth place. Its annual compensation packet was reduced from $81.6 million to $27.6 million^[1]

2019: Earnings in Oracle of $966 thousand.

The compensation packet of one of two CEO of Oracle of Safra Catz in 2019 to a fiscal year was equal about $966 thousand from which $950 thousand are salary. The basic salary of the top manager practically does not grow since 2012 when Catz divided a position of the head of the company with Mark Hurd. Read more here.

Family

For 2010 Safra Catz is married and has two children.

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