LA 500: Larry Ellison

Larry Ellison

Executive Chairman, Oracle Corp.

Larry Ellison is founder and chairman of Oracle, a giant tech company that has more than 420,000 customers and deployments in more than 145 countries. Oracle offers a comprehensive and fully integrated range of cloud applications, platform services, and engineered systems. Ellison founded the company in 1977 and served as chief executive until September 2014. His holdings in Los Angeles include about a dozen beachfront properties in Malibu and the recently opened Nobu Ryokan Malibu hotel on Carbon Beach. In his spare time, he races sailboats, flies planes, plays tennis, and guitar.