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
They don't call it the Internet anymore, they call it cloud computing. I'm no longer resisting the name. Call it what you want.
I'm in two modes when I'm on Lanai: In engineering mode, I'm trying to find the right place for the reservoir and the desalination plant, and looking at designs for new hotel rooms. The rest of the time, I'm in decompression mode. I'm on Hulopoe Beach, going for a swim, or on my paddleboard surrounded by 100 spinner dolphins.
I have had all of the disadvantages required for success.
We think a modern cloud lets you decide when you want to upgrade. We don't decide for you.
It's surreal to think that I own this beautiful island. It doesn't feel like anyone can own Lanai. What it feels like to me is this really cool 21st-century engineering project, where I get to work with the people of Lanai to create a prosperous and sustainable Eden in the Pacific.
Joe brings perspective and experience not commonly found in Silicon Valley companies, ... In the last few years we have transformed Oracle Corporation into the leader in e-business. Joe will help us clearly and broadly communicate the benefits of e-business and e-government.
Greg has told us he's looking at a terrific professional opportunity. We wish him well.
There is no more important platform for Oracle than HP and Itanium.
We're missing an operating system. You could argue that it makes a lot of sense for us to look at distributing and supporting Linux.
What they're doing is not the least bit subtle. The result of all the innovation will be bankruptcy for Netscape,
We believe that our growth and PeopleSoft's decline resulted in part from an increase in our competitive win rate over PeopleSoft, and the fact that we are beginning to replace PeopleSoft at a number of major accounts,
We have no large acquisitions in mind right now.
While BEA is a less attractive candidate, it doesn't mean we are running out of targets,
We are optimistic about becoming number one in the middleware business,