"For most of his career Larry Ellison has been content to quietly let Oracle be the company, behind the company, behind the technology that makes headlines. Its biggest products being cloud computing and database products that it sells to enterprise customers like DHL, Northwell Health, and Fanatics. But, now in his 80s, Ellison has begun a second act shifting from Silicon Valley pioneer, to media mogul."
"Compared to many of the other people at the top of the Forbes Billionaires list, Larry Ellison tends to keep a low profile. That's not to say he hasn't seen his fair share of headlines, especially in recent years. But he, and his company Oracle, aren't being routinely dragged in front of congress for high profile shouting matches, or being accused of ruining an entire generation of children in op-ed pages."
"But over the course of his career, Ellison has developed a reputation for ruthless and sometimes ethically dubious behavior as head of Oracle. Biographer Karen Southwick even called him a " modern-day Genghis Khan." Her book Everyone Else Must Fail: The Unvarnished Truth About Oracle and Larry Ellison, released in 2003, already identified Ellison as a man who would stop at nothing to have absolute power over his company, or his industry,"
Larry Ellison built Oracle as a behind-the-scenes enterprise software and cloud computing powerhouse serving customers such as DHL, Northwell Health, and Fanatics. In his 80s he is entering a second act as a media mogul and pursuing high-profile acquisitions including TikTok. Ellison generally keeps a lower public profile than many top billionaires and Oracle has avoided the same level of congressional spectacle or cultural criticism faced by some peers. Over his career he developed a reputation for ruthless, sometimes ethically dubious tactics, including purging dissenting executives and conducting hostile takeovers.
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