Larry Ellison's Citation CJ4 lands in Van Nuys as Paramount Skydance enters its second year

Larry Ellison's role as Oracle's executive chairman and controlling shareholder of Paramount Skydance (roughly 50%) has made him a dual protagonist in tech and Hollywood. The Economic Times noted in a year-end retrospective that Ellison's 2025 was defined by Oracle's $500 billion Stargate AI infrastructure project and a $300 billion computing deal with OpenAI, while his personal fortune briefly topped $400 billion. That wealth now backs his son's media ambitions: Ellison senior personally guaranteed $40.4 billion in financing during the failed Warner Bros. bid earlier in 2025, as the same report detailed. A trip to Los Angeles in late August could involve board-level discussions about Paramount's next moves — or simply a check-in on the family's expanding footprint.

The flight fits a clear pattern. Of Larry Ellison's 71 trackable flights in 2025, 50 started or ended in Florida, but the West Coast legs cluster around Silicon Valley and Los Angeles. In the days before this Las Vegas–Van Nuys hop, N417C shuttled between Van Nuys and San Jose (Oracle's headquarters) on August 27 and 24, and made a rare trip to Hawaii on August 23. The Las Vegas leg on August 29 likely originated from a conference or private event — the city is a frequent stop for tech executives during trade shows and investor gatherings. The return to Van Nuys suggests the owner, if aboard, was consolidating back to his Los Angeles-area base before the next move.

At 42 minutes, this flight is barely longer than a drive across the San Fernando Valley — but for a man whose aircraft fleet includes a Gulfstream G650 and a Global Express XRS, the choice of the smaller Citation CJ4 for a short hop is telling. It hints at a solo traveler or a minimal entourage, consistent with a working trip rather than a family outing. Whether the destination was a Paramount lot in Hollywood or a meeting in Century City, the aircraft's movement adds another data point to Larry Ellison's well-documented pattern of bridging two coasts — and two industries — in a single day.