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
Based on our current pipelines the entire management team believes that the overall year should be very strong, ... Specifically we expect that Oracle's software sales will grow faster this year than last. And margins should continue to improve as well.
Those that believe this is merely a cyclical downturn are mad. Our industry is going to mature and, as something matures, the rate of innovation does slow.
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,
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.
Those that believe this is merely a downturn are mad. Our industry is going to mature and as something matures, the rate of innovation does slow.
I believe people have to follow their dreams-I did.
You have to believe in what you do in order to get what you want.
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.
We highlighted 10 of our more than 450 customers that are currently live after just one year of the e-business suite.
We're very excited about this product. It's one of our biggest announcements for many, many years. It's the result of years of innovation and hard work.
I slept fine over the weekend, so conclude what you like. We're going to have a great year.
Every application we make works with the Mac today,
Rather than try to fight the open source trend, we think it's important to find ways to make it work to our advantage.
Our current quarter looks a lot stronger than our previous quarter, ... We're seeing some of the big deals coming back.