the $4B was in cash - the 65B is in Oracle stock. he can't divest the later without having an impact on it's value it's telling that Ellison wouldn't take stoc

the $4B was in cash - the 65B is in Oracle stock. he can't divest the later without having an impact on it's value it's telling that Ellison wouldn't take stock in his own company in the transaction but rather took cash at a valuation that was 10x revenue and Oracle's largest acquisition at the time