Larry Ellison
Co-founder, CTO, and Executive Chairman, Oracle
A college dropout whose early project was a CIA database code-named Oracle, he put $1,200 of his own money into the company that became Oracle in 1977.
- Born
- 1944-08-17, New York City, New York, United States
- Now
- Co-founder, CEO, now Executive Chairman and CTO, Oracle
- Studied
- University of Chicago, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Interesting facts
- Before AI
Never finished college and started out building databases for the CIA.
forbes.com - Numbers
Put up $1,200 of the $2,000 that he and two partners invested in Software Development Laboratories, the 1977 startup that became Oracle.
en.wikipedia.org - Numbers
Ran Oracle as CEO for 37 years before handing over the job in 2014; he still serves as its chief technology officer.
forbes.com - Side project
Bought nearly all of the Hawaiian island of Lanai for $300 million in 2012, and owns about 98% of its land.
forbes.com - Numbers
Under Oracle's Stargate deal, OpenAI is set to pay Oracle more than $82 million a day starting in fiscal 2028.
cloudwars.com - In their words
Has argued that the Stargate data centres could lead to AI-designed mRNA vaccines against cancer.
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Career
- OracleCo-founder, CEO, now Executive Chairman and CTO1977 to now
- AmpexProgrammer
Education
- Attended, left without a degree, University of Chicago
- Attended, left without a degree, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
