- Safra A. Catz
Safra A. Catz (born 1961 in
Holon ,Israel cite web|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/18/bloomberg/bxoracle.php|title=Heir apparent at Oracle is credited with growth strategy|author=Rochelle Garner|publisher="International Herald Tribune "|date=2006-12-19] ) is anIsrael i - Americanmanager , has been theChief Financial Officer ofOracle Corporation since November 2005. She has also been aPresident of the company since January 2004 and a member of the company'sBoard of Directors since October 2001. She has been atOracle Corporation since April 1999. She became the non-executive Director ofHSBC Group since May 2008.Prior to joining Oracle, Catz was at
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette , a globalinvestment bank , where she was a Managing Director from 1997 and had previously held various investment banking positions since 1986.Catz earned a
bachelor's degree from theWharton School of theUniversity of Pennsylvania in 1983 and aJ.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1986. Catz is married and has two children.References
External links
* [http://www.oracle.com/corporate/pressroom/html/bod_catz.html Official biography]
* [http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/11/O9O7.html Forbes 2005 list of The Most Powerful Women]
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