Larry Ellison | |
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 Ellison in 2010 | |
| Born | Lawrence Joseph Ellison August 17, 1944 New York City, U.S. |
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| Title | Cofounder, executive chairman and CTO of Oracle Corporation[1] |
| Spouses | Adda Quinn
(m. 1967; div. 1974)Nancy Wheeler Jenkins
(m. 1977; div. 1978)Barbara Boothe
(m. 1983; div. 1986)Melanie Craft
(m. 2003; div. 2010) |
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Lawrence Joseph Ellison (born August 17, 1944) is an American businessman and entrepreneur who co-founded software company Oracle Corporation. He was Oracle's chief executive officer from 1977 to 2014 and is now its chief technology officer and executive chairman.
As of September 2024, he is the fifth-wealthiest person in the world, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with an estimated net worth of US$174 billion,[2] and the third-wealthiest in the world according to Forbes, with an estimated net worth of $206.6 billion.[3] Ellison is also known for his ownership of 98% of Lānaʻi, the sixth-largest island in the Hawaiian Islands.[4]
- ^ "Lawrence J. Ellison – Executive Biography". Oracle. Archived from the original on July 8, 2015. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
- ^ "Bloomberg Billionaires Index: Larry Ellison". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on December 16, 2023. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
- ^ "The world's real-time billionares". Forbes. Archived from the original on February 11, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
- ^ Mooallem, Jon (September 23, 2014). "Larry Ellison Bought an Island in Hawaii. Now What?". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 19, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2021.