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
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.
I have had all the disadvantages required for success.
Everyone thought the acquisition strategy was extremely risky because no one had ever done it successfully. In other words, it was innovative.
A corporation's primary goal is to make money. Government's primary role is to take a big chunk of that money and give it to others.