Oracle Names Epstein CFO; Catz Remains President

Oracle (ORCL) this afternoon named Jeff Epstein as its new CFO. Safra Catz gives up the CFO title, but remains president. Epstein will report to Catz.

Since May 2007, Epstein had been CFO of Oberon Media, an Internet game provider and publisher funded by Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Oak Investment Partners and Lehman Brothers. Epstein previously worked at DoubleClick, King World and ADVO, according to Oracle. Epstein is on the board at Priceline (PCLN) and MDC Partners (MDCA). Epstein, 52 years old, has an M.B.A. from Stanford and a B.A. from Yale.

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