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Larry Ellison

(1944) Entrepreneur

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Larry Ellison is an entrepreneur, best known for Business Marketing Network.

Quick Facts About Larry Ellison

Born: August 17, 1944
Profession: Entrepreneur
Notable works: Business Marketing Network

About Larry Ellison

Lawrence Joseph Ellison is an American businessman. He co-founded the software company Oracle Corporation, and was its CEO from 1977 to 2014. He now serves as its CTO and executive chairman. According to Forbes, as of early 2026, Ellison's estimated net worth is $201–203 billion, making him the world's sixth-richest person.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Larry Ellison

I own a home in Kyoto, Japan actually on the temple on grounds in Nanzenji that is going to become a Japanese…

Actually

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You can't spend as much money as I have, even if you try. I've been trying.

Ifs

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I think I am very goal oriented. I'd like to win the America's cup. I'd like Oracle to be the No 1…

America

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I love sailing. I like it more when I am winning.

Inspirational

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See things in the present, even if they are in the future.

Anger

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Game-playing is more fun when it's virtual because you're more successful. ... in reality, only one person gets to be LeBron.

Because

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In some ways, getting away from the headquarters and having a little time to reflect allows you to find errors in your…

Errors

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Taking care of your employees is extremely important and very, very visible.

Care

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If the Internet turns out not to be the future of computing, we're toast. But if it is, we're golden.

Computers

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When you're the first person whose beliefs are different from what everyone else believes, you're basically saying, "I'm right, and everyone else…

Belief

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If your cash is about to run out, you have to cut your cash flow. CEOs have to make those decisions and…

Be you

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What can a sales person say to somebody to get them to buy a product that they already use every day if…

Business

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I hate the PC, with a passion.

Hate

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I think after a certain amount, I’m going to give almost everything I have to charity. What else can you do with…

Amount

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It's Microsoft versus mankind, with Microsoft having only a slight lead.

Inspirational

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When you find errors in conventional wisdom-when everyone says A and A is not true-you gain competitive advantage. Only a few times…

Advantage

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Life's a journey. It's a journey about discovering limits.

Discovering

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I know some people are offended by the fact that I'm spending a lot of money trying to win the America's Cup.…

America

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It's surreal to think that I own this beautiful island. It doesn't feel like anyone can own Lanai. What it feels like…

Anyone

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We will still be enormously profitable and by far the most profitable enterprise software company.

Business

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The most important aspect of my personality as far as determining my success goes; has been my questioning conventional wisdom, doubting experts…

Aspect

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There will be no new architecture for computing for the next 1,000 years.

Architecture

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Microsoft is already the most powerful company on earth but you ain't seen nothing yet.

Business

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If you do everything that everyone else does in business, you're going to lose. The only way to really be ahead, is…

Business

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I'm in two modes when I'm on Lanai: In engineering mode, I'm trying to find the right place for the reservoir and…

Beach

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