U-Forbes uyimlinganisa njengomuntu ongu-5 ocebile kakhulu emhlabeni kanye ne-3 ecebile kakhulu e-United States.
Isiqalo sokuphila
U-Larry wazalelwa eNew York futhi wakhulela endaweni ephansi. Esikoleni, waphumelela ezifundweni nasesayensi, ephumelela umfundi wonyaka e-University of Illinois. Ukuphila kwemfundo ka-Ellison kwakungenakuqiniswa. ULarry waphuma emfundweni yasekolishi ngonyaka wakhe wesibili. Kamuva wabhalisa eNyuvesi yaseChicago, kodwa waphinde wayeka izifundo zakhe. E-Chicago, wafunda izimiso zokuhlela ikhompyutha futhi wathuthela eCalifornia. Wasebenzisa imisebenzi ehlukahlukene njengengcweti futhi wasebenza e-Amdahl Corporation nase-Ampex corporation yokwakha imininingwane yolwazi.
Amaqalo Ombuso
Ephefumulelwe iphepha le-IBM ngumcwaningi u-Edgar F. Codd ngolimi olusha lokuhlela olubizwa nge- SQL , u-Ellison waqala ukusebenza ekuguquleni i-SQL ibe yisistimu yolwazi. Ngokusho kuka-Ellison, i-CIA yikhasimende lokuqala, i-Ellison ne-team yakhe yokwakha le database entsha.
Le phrojekthi yayiyi-Oracle okuthiwa ikhodi. Njengoba uRobert Miner no-Ed Oates, osebenza nabo ababili be-Amdahl, wabeka i-Software Development Labs ngo-1977. Ngo-1979, baqamba kabusha i-Relational Software eqinile.
Ukuzalwa kwe-Oracle
U-Ellison neqembu lakhe bagcwalisa iphrojekthi ye-CIA. Bakhulula uhlelo lwabo lokuqala lokuHlaliswa kweDatabases Database (RDMS) olutholakala ngokuhweba olubizwa nge-Oracle Version 2 ngo-1979.
Imithombo yenkampani yaphakama lapho i-IBM yamukela i-database yezinhlelo zayo ze-mainframe ngo-1981. Ngonyaka olandelayo, baphinde bafaka ngokuthi i-Oracle Systems Corporation. Ngo-1995, baba yi-Oracle Corporation.
I-Oracle inikeze amasheya angu-2.1 million e-IPO yayo yokuqala ngo-March 1986. Ngonyaka ofanayo, inkampani yakhipha version 5.1 yesofthiwe yayo. Ama-1990 aqala ukuphazamiseka njengoba u-Oracle ehlupheka ngokulahlekelwa kwakhe kokuqala. Kwakuseduze ukuphazamiseka ngenxa yokubhuka ilayisensi yokuthengisa ikusasa engazange ivele. U-Ellison uthathe indima ebalulekile ekulawuleni ibhizinisi, futhi wagxila ekuthuthukiseni umkhiqizo. Ngo-1992, i-Oracle7 yaba impumelelo enkulu. U-Oracle waba umholi webofthiwe yokuphathwa kwedatha ngemuva kwalokho.
I-Oracle Namuhla
Ngo-2013, i-Oracle yakhipha inguqulo ye-RDMS yakamuva, i-Oracle 12c. Ngonyaka ka-2015, inkampani ibike imali engenayo imali engaba ngu-R10 billion. Ingxenye yayo yebhizinisi eliyinhloko ihlala izixazululo zesofthiwe, kodwa baqala ukukhiqiza izinto zokusebenza ngemva kokuthola i-Sun Microsystems ngo-2010.
U-Ellison uphonse isisindo sakhe ngemuva kwe-cloud computing futhi uchaza ifu ngokuthi "ibhizinisi elingcono kakhulu kithi." Wayengumdlali oyinhloko ekuthuthukiseni i-Software esekelwe efwini njengendlela yokulethwa kweSistimu (SaaS). Ngomhlangano wonyaka wokugcina we-Oracle OpenWorld yomsebenzisi, uthe ukuthuthela kwi-computing yefu "kunguquko yokukhiqiza ngokwemvelo ekusebenziseni i-computing engabalulekanga kangcono kunokushintshela kwikhompyutha yomuntu siqu."
U-Oracle ungumholi womhlaba jikelele kuma-platform ehlanganisiwe we-IT. Ihlelwe emakethe angu-20 aphezulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni, okulinganiselwa ukuthi inani lama-$ 26 billion. Ibuye futhi enye yezinkampani eziphezulu kunazo zonke ezingu-30 zomhlaba ngokubiza kwamakethe.
Indlela yokuphila
U-Larry uzenzele igama ngenxa yothando lwakhe lwezimoto, i-jets ezizimele, nama-yachts. Unayo ithimba lakhe le-American's Cup, futhi ungumnikazi we-BNP Paribas tennis Open. Unesakhiwo esikhulu semali eyizigidigidi emhlabeni wonke, kuhlanganise nendlu eyizigidi ezingamaRandi ezingu-70 eSilicon Valley, indlu engumlando engadini yaseKyoto, eJapane nesiqhingi saseLawaii saseLanai.
I-Philanthropy
Ngonyaka ka-2010, u-Ellison wasayina i-Giving Pledge, isimemo sabamnotho kakhulu eMelika ukuba banikeze iningi lomcebo wabo ukuba bahambisane nezimbangela zabo ngesikhathi sokuphila noma emva kokufa kwabo. Encwadini elandelayo, u-Ellison wabhala,
"Eminyakeni eminingi edlule, ngifaka yonke impahla yami ibe yithemba ngenhloso yokunikeza okungenani amaphesenti angama-95% engcebo yami ngezimbangela zokusiza. Ngivele nginikeza amakhulu ezinkulungwane zamaRandi ucwaningo lwezokwelapha kanye nemfundo, futhi ngizobanika izigidigidi ngaphezulu kwesikhathi. Kuze kube manje, ngikwenzile lokhu ngithule ngokuthula - ngoba sekuyisikhathi eside ngikholelwa ukuthi ukupha okusizayo kuyindaba yomuntu siqu neyodwa. "
U-Larry wasungula i-Ellison Medical Foundation, omunye wabasekeli abakhulu bezocwaningo ngokuguga. Ngo-2013, isisekelo sashintsha kuThe Lawrence Ellison Foundation. Umsebenzi wayo obanzi ukusekela imfundo, impilo yonke kanye nentuthuko, nokulondolozwa kwemvelo yasendle.
I-bio Larry Ellison yinto engavamile. Uye wavuka ekuthomeni okuthobekile njengesiqondiso esingasweleki kwentsha, ngaphandle kwemfundo yasekolishi, ukuze afinyelele ezindaweni eziphakeme zokuphumelela. Futhi une-ego ebhukwini! Watshela i-Smithsonian Institution.
"Ngesikhathi ngiqala u-Oracle, lokho engangikufuna ukukwenza kwakuwukudala indawo engingakujabulela ukuyisebenzisela yona." Yilona umgomo wami oyinhloko, yebo, ngangifuna ukuziphilisa. "