Larry Ellison
$349.5B
Born
Aug 17, 1944
Age
81
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%.
- Ellison gave up the Oracle CEO role in 2014 after 37 years at the helm.
- In September 2025, he became the second person ever worth more than $400 billion, thanks to an AI-driven boom in Oracle's stock price.
- 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 2018 to 2022. He owned 45 million split-adjusted shares before stepping down as a director.
- Ellison also owns nearly 50% of media giant Paramount Skydance, which formed after the nearly $28 billion (enterprise value) merger of Paramount and his son David's Skydance in August 2025.
- 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 | 1,088,982,000 | 289.01 | USD |
| NYSE | ORCL-US | Oracle | 0 | 289.01 | USD |
| NASDAQ | PSKY-US | Paramount Skydance Corporation (B) | 524,400,000 | 18.89 | USD |
| NASDAQ | TSLA-US | Tesla | 36,000,000 | 459.46 | USD |