Larry Ellison

{ "bio": [ "Larry Ellison is chairman, chief technology officer and cofounder of software giant Oracle, of which he owns roughly 40%.", "He gave up the Oracle CEO role in 2014 after 37 years at the helm.", "Oracle has grown in part through steady acquisitions of software companies: the biggest was $28.3 billion for electronic health records company Cerner in 2021.", "In 2020, Ellison moved permanently to the Hawaiian island Lanai, which he bought nearly all of in 2012 for $300 million.", "Ellison sat on Tesla's board from December 2018 to August 2022. He owned 45 million split-adjusted shares before stepping down as a director." ], "about": [ "Ellison never finished college. He started out building databases for the CIA.", "Daughter Megan has financed films such as Zero Dark Thirty and American Hustle; son David produced mainstream movies like The Terminator and Mission: Impossible." ] }