Lawrence Ellison

Oracle founder status continued to grow rapidly. Shares rose in price by 70% over the last 12 months. Over the past 5 years, Lawrence Ellison has acquired 57 companies. In January for $ 7.4 billion was purchased by Sun Microsystems.
Lawrence Ellison attended the University of Chicago, but never finished it. In 1977, he founded the company Oracle.

Lawrence Joseph Ellison (Lawrence Joseph Ellison), also known as Larry Ellison (Larry Ellison); born August 17, 1944, New York) is an American billionaire, businessman, Chairman of Oracle Corporation, a major co-owner "NetSuite Inc., as well as a world-class yachtsman and a qualified pilot.
 Status Larry Ellison is estimated at 22.5 billion United States dollars (had come very close to three leaders list of billionaires, Forbes, as of 11 March 2009 took 4th place).

Allison grew up in Chicago, to a Jewish family of an emigrant from the Crimea, who took the name Ellison to hide their Jewish origins. Adoptive father of Larry Ellison-Louis was a humble public servant, who made a fortune in Chicago's real estate, only to lose it during the great depression.

As one of the richest people, Allison is known for its extravagant way of life.

Ellison owns many exotic cars including the Audi R8 and the McLaren F1, the Acura NSX, etc. Allison is a certified pilot and has owned several unusual aircraft, including fighter jets. Allison is the owner of the yacht, which is the fourth largest in the world in size, estimated at 200 million dollars, and its length is approximately 138 meters. Ellison is also a leader and principal owner of Oracle-BMW racing team.

Allison was married four times. His first three marriages ended in divorce. Since 2003, he is married to Melanie Brown. The father of two children.