He gave up the oracle ceo role in 2014 after 37. Who is oracle's larry ellison, and why did he just overtake elon musk to become the richest person in the world? Ellison's net worth skyrocketed to $393 billion wednesday — a.
Larry ellison is chairman, chief technology officer and cofounder of software giant oracle, of which he owns roughly 40%. Oracle spokesman bob wynne announced, it was really larry summers' brainchild and once it looked like larry summers was leaving, larry ellison reconsidered. Mr ellison, 81, helped start oracle in 1977 in california.
He was oracle's chief executive until 2014 and is now the company's chairman and chief.