Larry Ellison

CTO And Founder, Oracle
$146.8B
$231M (0.16%)

Real Time Net Worth

as of 11/29/23
#4 in the world today



 Born   Lawrence Joseph Ellison

               August 17, 1944 (age 79)

               New York City, U.S.

Source of Wealth    Oracle, Self Made

Residence      Woodside, California

Citizenship  United States

Education      Drop Out, University of Chicago; Drop Out, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Title  Co-founder, executive chairman and CTO of Oracle Corporation


​Spouses Adda Quinn ​ Nancy Wheeler Jenkins ​ ​Barbara Boothe ​ Melanie Craft ​ 
Children  David Ellison

Megan Ellison

About Larry Ellison

  • Larry Ellison is chairman, chief technology officer and cofounder of software giant Oracle, of which he owns just under 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 still owns about 15 million shares in the electric carmaker.

"When people start telling you that you're crazy, you just might be on to the most important innovation in your life."