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Larry Ellison More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth
17 August 1944, Bronx, New York, USA

Birth Name
Lawrence Joseph Ellison

Spouse
Melanie Craft (18 December 2003 - 28 September 2010) (divorced)
Barbara Boothe (1983 - 1986) (divorced) 2 children
Nancy Wheeler (1977 - 1978) (divorced)
Adda Quinn (1967 - 1974) (divorced)

Trivia

He was born out of wedlock to a 19-year-old girl, and was raised by her aunt.

Dropped out of University of Chicago. He had an early aptitude for mathematics, and worked for Ampex Corporation. One of his projects was a database for the CIA, which he named "Oracle".

In 1977, with $2000, he founded the company Software Development Laboratories. It was later renamed Oracle after the flagship product Oracle database.

In 2004, Forbes reported his net worth at around $13.7 billion, making him one of the 10 richest people in the U.S.

Father of film producers David Ellison and Megan Ellison.



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