She had an unexpected donor to one of her causes this year: The U.K.'s Daily Mail published an apology--and made a donation to a charity of Safra's choice--after running a libelous article suggesting she'd been involved in her husband's death.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Oracle co-president and CFO Safra Catz is clearly a brilliant businessperson with a long record of achievement and success at Oracle.

FORBES: Oracle President Safra Catz Suffers SAP Hallucinations

Some had a worse worry: that the canny Mr Safra's sale of his beloved banks was a classic top-of-the-market signal.

ECONOMIST: Going private