Larry Ellison

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Larry Ellison





Larry Ellison was born in New York City to Florence Spellman, a 19-year-old unwed Jewish mother. At his mother's request, he was given to his mother's aunt and uncle in Chicago to raise. Lillian Spellman Ellison and Louis Ellison adopted him when he was nine months old. Ellison did not learn the name of his mother or meet her until he was 48; the identity of his father is unknown.


Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Ellison (born August 17, 1944) is an American business magnate, co-founder and chief executive officer of Oracle Corporation, a major enterprise software company. As of 2010 he is the sixth richest person in the world, with a personal wealth of US$28 billion.



During the 1970s, Ellison worked for Ampex Corporation. One of his projects was a database for the CIA, which he named "Oracle".

In April 2009, Oracle announced its intent to buy Sun Microsystems after a tug of war with IBM and Hewlett-Packard.[4] The European Union approved the acquisition by Oracle of Sun Microsystems on January 21, 2010 and has agreed that "Oracle's acquisition of Sun has the potential to revitalize important assets and create new and innovative products".



For a short period in 2000, Ellison was the richest man in the world.[11] In 2006, Forbes ranked Ellison as the richest Californian.

On July 27, 2010, The Wall Street Journal reported that Ellison was the best-paid executive in the last decade, collecting a total compensation of US $1.84 billion.


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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Ellison



http://www.muckety.com/Oracle-Corporation/5001432.muckety


People related to Oracle Corporation:Jeffrey S. Berg - director
H. Raymond Bingham - director
Michael J. Boskin - director
Safra A. Catz - co-president & CFO
Bruce R. Chizen - director
George H. Conrades - director
Lawrence J. Ellison - CEO
Jeffrey E. Epstein - EVP & CFO
Hector Garcia-Molina - director
Cynthia Guerrero - lobbyist
Jeffrey O. Henley - chairman
Arthur Langston - VP
Donald L. Lucas - director
Gary W. O'Shaughnessy - VP
Charles E. Phillips Jr. - co-president
Naomi O. Seligman - director
Judith Sim - chief marketing officer

Other current Oracle Corporation relationships:Ashcroft Group - lobby firm
BEA Systems Inc. - acquirer
BGR Group - lobby firm
BMW Oracle Racing - partner
Brown Rudnick LLP - lobby firm
Capitol Hill Consulting Group - lobby firm
Chesapeake Enterprises - lobby firm
Crowell & Moring - lobby firm
Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin and Oshinsky LLP - lobby firm
Livingston Group - lobby firm
Navigators Global - lobby firm
OpenSocial - development partner
Oracle Online - division
Patton Boggs LLP - lobby firm
Podesta Group - lobby firm
Siebel Systems, Inc. - acquirer
Sun Microsystems Inc. - acquirer
U.S. Department of Defense - contractor
U.S. Navy - contractor

Oracle Corporation past relationships:James Abrahamson - chairman
Marc R. Benioff - SVP
Michael D. Capellas - SVP
Cohen Group - lobby firm
Craig A. Conway - EVP
Paul Dixon - development manager of Oracle Text
Andy Forssell - VP
Evan Goldberg - VP
Kenneth A. Goldman - SVP
Noosheen Hashemi - VP
Jack F. Kemp (deceased) - director
Raymond J. Lane - president & COO
Gregory B. Maffei - president & CFO
Brett Newbold - VP for R&D
Tod Nielsen - SVP
Edward J. Sanderson Jr. - EVP
Frank Varasano - EVP
Harry L. You - CFO

Muckety map information sources include:U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; U.S. Senate Office of Public Records



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