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
I am also involved with all the acquisitions and overall strategy. Now it's true, I don't run operations. But I've never really run operations. I've never had the endurance to run sales. The whole idea of selling to the customer just isn't my personality. I'm an engineer, tell me why something isn't working or is and I am curious.
You have to believe in what you do in order to get what you want.
I love sailing. I like it more when I am winning.
I'm right, and everyone else is wrong.
Five years from now, I don't know how I'll think.
Life's a journey. It's a journey about discovering limits.
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.