Larry Ellison

Larry Ellison is the Executive Chairman and Chief Technology Officer of Oracle Corporation, based in Hawaii, United States. He co-founded the enterprise software company in 1977 alongside Robert Miner and Ed Oates, drawing inspiration from relational database concepts developed at IBM. Serving as Chief Executive Officer from 1977 until 2014, he scaled the business into a global technology provider that currently employs over 150,000 people. Under his leadership, Oracle expanded its market share through strategic acquisitions of major technology firms, including Sun Microsystems and PeopleSoft. His significant equity stake in the company has generated a net worth exceeding $200 billion, briefly making him the world's wealthiest individual during a stock surge in late 2025. Ellison currently focuses on advancing Oracle's cloud infrastructure and artificial intelligence capabilities, which includes developing specialized data centers to support OpenAI.