Oracle’s Safra Catz Raises Amazon Contract Fight With Trump
- Competing for multi-billion Pentagon cloud-computing deal
- President said to tell Catz at dinner he expects fair bidding
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Oracle Corp. chief executive Safra Catz criticized the bidding process for a huge Pentagon cloud computing contract in a private dinner with President Donald Trump on Tuesday, complaining that it seemed designed for Amazon.com Inc. to win, according to people familiar with the matter.
Trump heard her out and said he wants the contract competition to be fair, but made no indication he’d interfere in the bidding, the people said. Oracle, where Catz shares the CEO title with Mark Hurd, is competing with Amazon for the contract, a point she didn’t emphasize to Trump, the people said.