Safra A. Catz - Biography

Safra A. Catz (born 1961 in Holon, Israel), an Israeli - American manager, has been a President of Oracle Corporation since January 2004 and a member of the company's Board of Directors since October 2001. She also served as the company's Chief Financial Officer from November 2005 to September 2008. She has been at Oracle Corporation since April 1999. She became a non-executive Director of HSBC Group in May 2008.

Prior to joining Oracle, Catz was at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, a global investment bank, where she was a Managing Director from 1997 and had previously held various investment banking positions since 1986.

In 2009 she was ranked by Fortune as the 12th most powerful woman in business. She was also ranked by Forbes as the 16th most powerful woman.

Personal life and education

Catz moved from Israel to Brookline, Massachusetts at the age of six.

She graduated from Brookline High School.

Catz earned a bachelor's degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1983 and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1986. Catz is married to Gal Tirosh and has two children.

External links

• Official biography
• Forbes 2005 list of The Most Powerful Women