Larry Ellison flies to Hawaii the week Paramount’s Warner Bros. bid deadline looms

Larry Ellison flew from Brady Ranch Airport in Texas to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on June 4, a 9-hour-29-minute transcontinental hop aboard his Gulfstream G650, N817GS. The trip deposits the Oracle co-founder in Hawaii the same week Paramount faces a Monday deadline to submit a final proposal in its hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, per a report from recentlyheard.com.

The Ellisons’ bid — backed by Larry’s $40 billion personal guarantee — has drawn in the Trump administration and pits them against Netflix’s competing all-cash offer, with the Department of Justice reviewing both. Van Nuys, a gateway to Hollywood’s corporate suites, was a fitting landing spot for negotiations involving studio executives and regulators when Ellison flew there on May 20. Hawaii, where Ellison owns roughly 98 percent of Lanai, remains a personal retreat even after he shifted his primary residence to Manalapan, Florida, in 2023.

This flight follows a pattern: Ellison’s last verifiable trip from Lanai occurred in late 2023, per celebrityprivatejettracker.com, and of 71 trackable 2025 flights, 50 started or ended in Florida. The June 2 inbound leg from Hawaii to Florida suggests a quick turnaround — a brief return to the mainland before heading back to the islands as the Warner Bros. deadline approaches.