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
Game-playing is more fun when it's virtual because you're more successful. ... in reality, only one person gets to be LeBron.
Autonomy was shopped to us. We looked at the price and thought it was absurdly high.
We are optimistic about becoming number one in the middleware business,
We don't know, ... The fact is that the buying climate remains very tough. There aren't so many big deals around anymore.
Our target has been low double-digit growth for databases, so we were not that far off.
All our acquisitions are designed to move us into the number one position. Because we believe the lion's share of profits go to category leaders.
A year from now, we'll have over 4,000 customers live on the e-business suite.
Back in 1995, it was very clear to us that we had to stop doing desktop software and we don't do any desktop Windows software, ... We moved everything to big Internet servers. Our database is designed for the Internet, our applications are designed for the Internet.
They are the only ones who destroyed the most innovative company in Silicon Valley in the past decade -- Netscape Communications, ... They paid people not to ship Netscape's browser. They're special.
Despite what everyone says, our software is actually cheaper.
Apple needs to worry about doing something different. It's back to innovation and creativity.
Arcade Planet is leveraging its expertise in the coin-operated amusement and video game industry to offer an unmatched online entertainment experience.
As far as J.D. Edwards, we're certainly interested, ... We've been looking at that closely as well. It's simply a matter of terms of the deal and price of the deal. We're keeping our options open there.
This is going to be an outstanding year for applications growth - don't let the 42 percent fool you.