• Larry Ellison is the founder of Oracle, the software company that created the first commercially viable relational database.

  • Under his leadership, Oracle has grown into the world’s largest database software vendor and the second largest business application vendor in the world.
  • Despite notable setbacks, the company grew steadily until 1992, when the release of Oracle 7 took over the market and made Ellison a billionaire.
  • Ellison stepped down as CEO of Oracle in 2014; he is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Technology Officer. – According to Bloomberg, Ellison was the 11th richest person in the world with a net worth of $95.6 billion as of May 4, 2022.