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
They are the only ones who destroyed the most innovative company in Silicon Valley in the past decade -- Netscape Communications, ... They paid people not to ship Netscape's browser. They're special.
In a single step, Oracle becomes the No1 CRM applications company in the world.
In a single step, Oracle becomes the No. 1 CRM applications company in the world,
Microsoft is already the most powerful company on earth, but you ain't seen nothing yet,
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.
There is no more important platform for Oracle than HP and Itanium.
The Oracle salesperson gets credit for the Sun sale. I think the Oracle salesperson will appreciate the help of the Sun sales force in making quota.
A corporation's primary goal is to make money. Government's primary role is to take a big chunk of that money and give it to others.
When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts.
Act confident, even when you're not.
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.
The only way to get ahead is to find errors in conventional wisdom.
Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success, but by the fear of failure.
You have to believe in what you do in order to get what you want.