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Larry Ellison explains why life isn't about money: 'At some point you can't spend all of it. Trust me, I've tried'

On Friday, self-made billionaire Larry Ellison gave a funny and poignant speech filled with life advice to the University of Southern California’s class of 2016.  Ellison’s commencement speech was quite the coup for the USC class, but there’s a good reason why he was there. Ellison was granted an honorary doctorate by USC, a Doctor of Humane Letters. He has just donated $200 million to the university, one of the largest […]

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison steps down, co-CEOs Catz and Hurd take over

SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE: Larry Ellison, co-founder and leader of Oracle Corp for 37 years, stepped aside as chief executive officer on Thursday, to be replaced by co-CEOs Safra Catz and Mark Hurd, raising questions about a job-sharing arrangement that has had a fraught record elsewhere. Ellison and the two new co-CEOs each stressed that nothing would change under the new management structure, with Ellison staying on as executive chairman and chief […]