David Ellison

==Early life and education==

==Early life and education==

Ellison was born on January 9. He is the son of billionaire [[Oracle Corporation]] co-founder and chairman [[Larry Ellison]] and his third wife, Barbara Boothe Ellison. His father is of [[Italian American|Italian]] and [[American Jews|Jewish]] heritage.Matthew Symonds, Larry Ellison. ''Software: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle'' Simon and Schuster, 2004. pp332-333 Ellison grew up in [[Woodside, California]], with his mother, who nurtured his love for film.{{cite news | date=April 22, 2024 | title=David Ellison's journey from trust fund kid to media mogul vying to buy Paramount | website=Los Angeles Times| url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-04-22/david-ellison-skydance-media-paramount-larry-ellison | access-date=21 March 2025}} He attended [[Pepperdine University]] and the [[University of Southern California]], but dropped out of its film school in 2005 to fund a movie with his family's money, ''[[Flyboys (film)|Flyboys]],'' a box-office bomb.Fritz, Ben, [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-feb-22-la-fi-0222-ct-ellison-20110222-story.html "Ellison: more than a trust fund kid?"], Los Angeles Times, February 22, 2011.Masters, Kim, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/how-david-ellison-son-larry-162549/ "How David Ellison, Son of Larry Ellison, Scored Big With 'True Grit'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429170954/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-david-ellison-son-larry-162549?page=2 |date=April 29, 2021 }}, Hollywood Reporter, March 1, 2011. Ellison was influenced by businessman [[Steve Jobs]], a friend of his father, and pitched Jobs his idea for [[Skydance Media]] before revising it under Jobs' advice. He has one sister, film producer [[Megan Ellison]], who founded [[Annapurna Pictures]].

Ellison was born on January 9, 1983, in [[Santa Clara County, California]]. He is the son of billionaire [[Oracle Corporation]] co-founder and chairman [[Larry Ellison]] and his third wife, Barbara Boothe Ellison. His father is of [[Italian American|Italian]] and [[American Jews|Jewish]] heritage.Matthew Symonds, Larry Ellison. ''Software: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle'' Simon and Schuster, 2004. pp332-333 Ellison grew up in [[Woodside, California]], with his mother, who nurtured his love for film.{{cite news | date=April 22, 2024 | title=David Ellison's journey from trust fund kid to media mogul vying to buy Paramount | website=Los Angeles Times| url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-04-22/david-ellison-skydance-media-paramount-larry-ellison | access-date=21 March 2025}} He attended [[Pepperdine University]] and the [[University of Southern California]], but dropped out of its film school in 2005 to fund a movie with his family's money, ''[[Flyboys (film)|Flyboys]],'' a box-office bomb.Fritz, Ben, [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-feb-22-la-fi-0222-ct-ellison-20110222-story.html "Ellison: more than a trust fund kid?"], Los Angeles Times, February 22, 2011.Masters, Kim, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/how-david-ellison-son-larry-162549/ "How David Ellison, Son of Larry Ellison, Scored Big With 'True Grit'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429170954/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-david-ellison-son-larry-162549?page=2 |date=April 29, 2021 }}, Hollywood Reporter, March 1, 2011. Ellison was influenced by businessman [[Steve Jobs]], a friend of his father, and pitched Jobs his idea for [[Skydance Media]] before revising it under Jobs' advice. He has one sister, film producer [[Megan Ellison]], who founded [[Annapurna Pictures]].

Larry Ellison was not a day-to-day presence in David Ellison's early life.{{Cite news |date=2025 |title=A Father, a Son and Their $108 Billion Push for Media Moguldom |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/business/media/larry-david-ellison-warner-bros-discovery-cbs.html |work=New York Times}}

Larry Ellison was not a day-to-day presence in David Ellison's early life.{{Cite news |date=2025 |title=A Father, a Son and Their $108 Billion Push for Media Moguldom |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/business/media/larry-david-ellison-warner-bros-discovery-cbs.html |work=New York Times}}