Larry Ellison
Larry Ellison
Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Ellisonis an American businessman who is co-founder of Oracle Corporation and was CEO from its founding until September 2014. He currently serves as executive chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle. In 2014, he was listed by Forbes magazine as the third-wealthiest person in America and as the fifth-wealthiest person in the world, with a fortune of US$56.2 billion...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth17 August 1944
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
If you do everything that everyone else does in business, you're going to lose. The only way to really be ahead, is to 'be different'.
When I do something, it is all about self-discovery. I want to learn and discover my own limits.
Microsoft is already the most powerful company on earth but you ain't seen nothing yet.
See things in the present, even if they are in the future.
I have hobbies. I do all sorts of ridiculous things,
Think of it as you want it, not as it is!
Maybe I’m an idiot, but I have no idea what anyone is talking about.
You can't spend as much money as I have, even if you try. I've been trying.
Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success, but by the fear of failure.
Act confident, even when you're not.
The only way to get ahead is to find errors in conventional wisdom.
When you're the first person whose beliefs are different from what everyone else believes, you're basically saying, "I'm right, and everyone else is wrong." That's a very unpleasant position to be in. It's at once exhilarating and at the same time an invitation to be attacked.
The things that caused problems for me in school are the same things that help me succeed in the world.
When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts.