Larry Ellison | |
|---|---|
Larry Ellison in 2009 | |
| Born | Lawrence Joseph Ellison August 17, 1944 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation(s) | Executive Chairman and CTO of Oracle Corporation |
| Years active | 1966–present |
| Known for | Co-founder and former CEO of Oracle Corporation |
| Board member of | |
| Spouses | Adda Quinn
(m. 1967; div. 1974)Nancy Wheeler Jenkins
(m. 1977; div. 1978)Barbara Boothe
(m. 1983; div. 1986) |
| Children | |
| Website | Larry Ellison bio at Oracle |
Lawrence Joseph Ellison (born August 17, 1944) is an American businessman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of Oracle Corporation.
Between 1977 and 2014, he was chief executive officer of Oracle. Today, he is executive chairman and chief technology officer.
As of March 2019, he was listed by Forbes magazine as the fourth-richest person in the United States and as the seventh-richest in the world, with a fortune of $63.5 billion, up from $54.5 billion in 2018.
Larry Ellison was born on August 17, 1944, in New York City. His mother, Florence Spellman, is Jewish. He grew up in a Reform Jewish household with his adoptive parents.
In 1997, Ellison was given the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.
In 2013, Ellison was admitted into the Bay Area Business Hall of Fame.
In 2019, the Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine of USC honored Ellison with the first Rebels With A Cause Award in recognition of his generous support across many years.
In 2024, Ellison was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine.
Academy members Larry Ellison, United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen J. Breyer, and best-selling author Tom Clancy in a panel discussion during the 1997 American Academy of Achievement program in Baltimore, MD.