Larry Ellison
$289.8B
Born
Aug 17, 1944
Age
80
Source of Wealth
Oracle
Residence
Woodside, California
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
In Relationship
Children
4
Education
Drop Out, University of Chicago; Drop Out, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Larry Ellison is chairman, chief technology officer and cofounder of software giant Oracle, of which he owns roughly 40%.
- He gave up the Oracle CEO role in 2014 after 37 years at the helm.
- Oracle has grown in part through steady acquisitions of software companies: the biggest was $28.3 billion for electronic health records company Cerner in 2021.
- In 2020, Ellison moved permanently to the Hawaiian island Lanai, which he bought nearly all of in 2012 for $300 million.
- Ellison sat on Tesla's board from December 2018 to August 2022. He owned 45 million split-adjusted shares before stepping down as a director.
- Ellison never finished college. He started out building databases for the CIA.
- Daughter Megan has financed films such as Zero Dark Thirty and American Hustle; son David produced mainstream movies like The Terminator and Mission: Impossible.
| Exchange | Ticker | Company Name | Number Of Shares | Share Price | Currency Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYSE | ORCL-US | Oracle | 1,068,982,000 | 253.77 | USD |
| NYSE | ORCL-US | Oracle | 7,500,000 | 253.77 | USD |
| NASDAQ | TSLA-US | Tesla | 40,516,875 | 308.27 | USD |