Larry Ellison Biography
The larger than life founder of Oracle

As the world's sixth richest man with a personal fortune of $28 billion, Larry Ellison is an entrepreneur from Manhattan, New York who co-founded Oracle Corporation. One thing is for certain: he wasn't given it easy. This is the Larry Ellison biography - an insight into his amazing world.

Larry was adopted as a boy, and did not learn his mother's true identity until he was nearly 50. With a difficult start in life, the odds of him succeeding were fairly unfavourable. It has emerged since that he was a clever young man, but lacked the attention span required to make a commitment to work.

He went to the University of Illnois, but left before his second year came to an end due to the death of the mother who has adopted him. After things had settled, he attended the University of Chicago for a term and for the first time, encountered the subject that he would ultimately make a fortune out of: computer design.

Married four times to date, Ellison began his career working for Ampex Corporation during the 1970s. He went on to found Oracle in 1977 - a key stage in the Larry Ellison biography.

What surprises some about the Larry Ellison biography is that he enforced just $1,400 into the company - but still, it took off well. At the time, it was known as Software Development Laboratories, although its name later changed to Relational Software Inc.

After producing the infamous product: the Oracle database, Larry decided to change his company name to Oracle, reminiscent of one of his largest achievements.

But Ellison certainly didn't have it easy. The company teetered on the brink of bankruptcy in the early 1990s due to a cash and revenues balancing crisis. Larry later admitted that his company had made a mistake, but went on to prove all those who doubted his capabilities as a businessman wrong by bring Oracle back from the brink.

He bought several other companies - of which Sun Microsystems is the most famous - to add to his reputation as one of the leading creators of enterprise software. Thanks to his desire to achieve, grit determination and faith in his cause, him company now employs around 101,950 workers.

Although his is renowned from his elaborate billionaire lifestyle, Larry has in fact worked actively to benefit others using his financial prowess. Ellison donated $151,092,103 in one year to charitable causes. Although this only accounts for about 1% of his overall wealth - it is still worthy of recognition.

Now over 60, Larry is still going strong in terms of the services offered by his business and their tight vice-like grip over the world of software design. It seems probable that his empire will continue to grow - meaning that the Larry Ellison biography will continue to develop for years to come. As he has proven with the rollercoaster ride that he has had in the business world, you can make it big more than once if you have the right product and the determination to succeed.

Resources

• The Larry Ellison biography at Wikipedia