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Larry Ellison
American entrepreneur (born 1944) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lawrence Joseph Ellison (born August 17, 1944) is an American businessman and entrepreneur who cofounded software company Oracle Corporation. He was Oracle's chief executive officer from 1977 to 2014 and is now its chief technology officer and executive chairman.
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Born | Lawrence Joseph Ellison (1944-08-17) August 17, 1944 (age 79) New York City, U.S. |
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Title | Cofounder, executive chairman and CTO of Oracle Corporation[1] |
Spouses | Adda Quinn
(m. 1967; div. 1974)Nancy Wheeler Jenkins
(m. 1977; div. 1978)Barbara Boothe
(m. 1983; div. 1986)Melanie Craft
(m. 2003; div. 2010) |
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As of June 2024, he is the ninth-wealthiest person in the world, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with an estimated net worth of US$137 billion,[2] and the fifth-wealthiest in the world according to Forbes, with an estimated net worth of $152 billion.[3] Ellison is also known for his ownership of 98% of Lānaʻi, the sixth-largest island in the Hawaiian Islands.[4]