What Elon Musk should learn from Larry Ellison
The founder of Oracle has demonstrated remarkable staying power
DEATH DOESN’T make sense to Larry Ellison. Especially if it is premature like that of his doting adoptive mother, of kidney cancer when he was 20 years old. Even mere ageing is an irritant to the co-founder of Oracle. The 80-year-old tech billionaire simply has no time for it. He is too busy calling the shots at the business-software giant he started in 1977 and jostling for a spot in Silicon Valley’s race into the future, powered by daily workouts, fish, green tea and a fridgeful of self-belief.
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This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Silicon Methuselah”
Business February 1st 2025
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