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Larry Ellison, born 1944, co-founded Oracle in 1977 and built it into an AI/cloud powerhouse as former CEO and current chairman/CTO. A college dropout turned centibillionaire, he owns much of Lanai, backs media ventures like Paramount Skydance via son David, and invests in yachts, jets, philanthropy, and tech.