Known to many as the Samurai Warrior of Silicon Valley, Larry Ellison has made himself a megalomaniac and a force to be reckoned with in Tech. Over the course of a four-decade plus career, Ellison turned Oracle from a small company into one of the companies powering close to about every sector of human existence. And in an industry marked by turbulence and near-constant change, Ellison has proved to be great leader as he clawed and grasped and battled to build Oracle into one of the biggest and most successful software makers in the world. Here is his life's success story in 21 pictures.
The early years
In the beginning: Larry Ellison as a toddler
Larry Ellisons' adopted parents
Ever the explorer: testing himself against the Rocky mountains
Larry hanging out with his classmates before he dropped out of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Not really in rags, but still miles aways from his billion-dollar lifestyle: A grown Larry with his dad
Growing a billion-dollar empire
The beginnings of the billion-dollar empire: Ellison co-founded Software Development Labs (later Oracle) with late friend and business partner Robert Miner and Ed Oates in 1977
Plotting strategy with his founding team
The launch of the NT4: Larry Ellison's big mistake
Finally, the smell of success: He managed to build Oracle into a billion-dollar company, with head offices to match his new-found success
The launch of the NT4: Larry Ellison's big mistake
Larry Ellison's Billionaire Lifestyle
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| Larry Ellison and his fourth wife |
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| Testing out his new private plane |
The Samurai Warrior' in his $200 million Japanese-styled mansion
The billion-dollar power "couple": the billionaire with one of his many girlfriends
Addicted to winning: the winner of the American cup - brought the trophy back to America after a 15-year trophy-less drought
Larry Ellison's $377 million yacht, the Rising Sun, is the 8th largest in the world
One of the billionaire's estate, complete with his own private golf-course
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