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
I'm in two modes when I'm on Lanai: In engineering mode, I'm trying to find the right place for the reservoir and the desalination plant, and looking at designs for new hotel rooms. The rest of the time, I'm in decompression mode. I'm on Hulopoe Beach, going for a swim, or on my paddleboard surrounded by 100 spinner dolphins.
I have had all of the disadvantages required for success.
We think a modern cloud lets you decide when you want to upgrade. We don't decide for you.
It's surreal to think that I own this beautiful island. It doesn't feel like anyone can own Lanai. What it feels like to me is this really cool 21st-century engineering project, where I get to work with the people of Lanai to create a prosperous and sustainable Eden in the Pacific.
Joe brings perspective and experience not commonly found in Silicon Valley companies, ... In the last few years we have transformed Oracle Corporation into the leader in e-business. Joe will help us clearly and broadly communicate the benefits of e-business and e-government.
It also strengthens our No. 1 positions in the application business in North America. And it moves us closer to our goal of being No. 1 in applications globally.
My biggest concern is the stock market coming down,
Microsoft is already the most powerful company on earth, but you ain't seen nothing yet,
Microsoft is welcome to come investigate us and so are you guys,
Microsoft isn't good at security. We're good at that and I don't think sending a memo is going to help,
You'll see us controlling our costs, and one of the ways we control costs is by managing headcount, ... I don't think there is any company out there now that is not being asked to do more with less.
You'll see it in the newspapers. Oracle's strong preference is to do everything hostilely.
Oracle's database and e-Business applications have become the software standard for the Internet, ... All 10 of the world's biggest Web sites use Oracle, as do 93 percent of the public dot.com companies. The faster the Internet grows, the faster we grow.
Oracle applications are ideally suited for rapid implementations because our e-business suite is complete and integrated -- no application customizations are required,