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Oracle Employees Demand Larry Ellison Cancel Pro-Trump Fundraiser

News that billionaire and Oracle co-founder and executive chairman Larry Ellison plans to hold “Golf Outing and Reception” fundraiser at his home in support of Donald Trump’s reelection campaign roiled employees of the tech giant. Though it has well earned a reputation as among the least outspoken tech giants, Oracle’s employees today began circulating a…

Politics Avery Ellis Feb 14

One in four self-made American billionaires dropped out of college

Bloomberg crunched the numbers on “self-made” billionaires in the U.S. and found that about a quarter of them were college dropouts. Ten of America’s 43 self-made billionaires dropped out. One, Harold Hamm, never even attended college. College drop-outs (estimated worth): Sheldon Adelson dropped out of City College of New York ($36.4 billion) Paul Allen dropped…

Tech News Matt Novak Nov 10

Larry Ellison’s Oracle Started As a CIA Project

Yesterday, Vox somehow managed to write an entire article about the history of Oracle and its founder Larry Ellison without mentioning the CIA even once. Which is pretty astounding, given the fact that Oracle takes its name from a 1977 CIA project codename. And that the CIA was Oracle’s first customer. Vox simply says that…

Tech News Matt Novak Sep 19

SailRocket Hits Freeway Speeds on the Water—Sadly, Without Rockets

While not quite as imposing as BMW Oracle’s USA-17, the Vestas Sailrocket Mk.II is no less impressive. It’s aiming to top 65 mph on wind power alone—the water-borne equivalent to going plaid—and break the short-distance world speed sailing record. https://gizmodo.com/larry-ellisons-sail-boat-is-literally-faster-than-the-w-5848153 The VSR2’s unique shape is a result of its being expressly engineered to do one…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Nov 23

Larry Ellison’s Sail Boat Is Literally Faster than the Wind

Oracle founder Larry Ellison takes his boat racing very seriously. His team’s entry in last year’s America’s Cup, the USA-17, is actually capable of sailing faster than the prevailing wind. And not just by a little bit—2.5 times faster. USA-17 is the specially-built sloop rigged racing sail trimaran (a catamaran with three hulls) launched by…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Oct 10

Larry Ellison Is No Friend of the Majestic Redwood (Updated)

Lest we forget that the mega-rich simply do not think like we common folk, take a look at this lawsuit from Oracle founder Larry Ellison. Updated. Seems a trio of Redwood trees have grown a bit too high for Ellison’s liking, to a point in the sky where they’re seriously hampering the San Francisco Bay…

Tech News Jack Loftus May 29

Oracle CEO Ridicules HP’s Newly Appointed CEO

Oracle CEO Lawrence Ellison has blasted HP for ousting former CEO Mark Hurd already and now he’s mocking the company a bit more. He thinks its entire board is insane for appointing Leo Apotheker as its new CEO: I’m speechless…HP had several good internal candidates…but instead they pick a guy who was recently fired because…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Oct 1

The Mansions of Modern Tech Giants

My goodness, Steve Jobs’ new house looks like it’ll be a doozy. And it’ll have to be, if he wants to keep up with the ivory castles his tech mogul cohorts have built for themselves. https://gizmodo.com/exclusive-the-plans-for-steve-jobs-new-house-5649909 Larry Ellison The Oracle CEO put this $25 million manse up for sale back in 2005, though it’s hard…

Tech News Brian Barrett Sep 28

Source: Oracle Offered Ousted HP Ex-CEO Mark Hurd a Job

After Oracle CEO Larry Ellison blasted HP for ousting disgraced CEO Mark Hurd, he reportedly did what comes naturally to men of his stature and disposition: He offered the man a job. https://gizmodo.com/oracle-ceo-blasts-hp-board-for-ousting-mark-hurd-5608620 This is what Reuters is reporting today, although details are spotty and the source is unnamed. Allegedly, a final decision on the…

Tech News Jack Loftus Sep 5

Bill Gates Convinces 40 Billionaires to Give Away Half Their Fortunes

Our favorite charity-worker Bill Gates has successfully signed up 38 billionaires to give away half of their wealth to those less fortunate, in what could be the largest-scale philanthropic work ever. Together with Warren Buffett, their “The Giving Pledge” project nabbed Larry Ellison (founder of Oracle), George Lucas, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Barry…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 4

Anyone Have a Spare $10 Million Racing Yacht Mast Lying Around?

A quick glimpse into the life of a software billionaire: When Larry Ellison’s BMW Oracle Racing yacht snapped its $10 million mast this week, the ship’s helmsman (not Ellison) described the event as a “minor setback.” That’s $10 million for a mast. Granted, it’s part of a massive structure that’s twice the size of a…

Tech News Jack Loftus Nov 8

Why Steve Jobs Didn’t Take Over Apple Back In 1997

Back in 1997, Larry Ellison was on a beach in Hawaii. After sipping his second Margarita that evening, he turned to his pal Steve Jobs, who was listening to Bob Dylan on his Sony Walkman. “Steve…Steve…STEVE! Hey, let’s buy Apple.” https://gizmodo.com/the-life-of-steve-jobs-5301470/ The Oracle CEO had all the money lined up, ready to buy the triumphant…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 5

Schwarzenegger Explains Why Technology Is Great

“This conference is all about pumping you up,” Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger told Oracle’s annual OpenWorld gathering. He went on to list all the ways technology had improved his life, from the substances he used to take as a body-builder, to all the special effects in his movies. Added Arnie: It’s an honor to be in…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 15

Oracle Employees Demand Larry Ellison Cancel Pro-Trump Fundraiser

One in four self-made American billionaires dropped out of college

Larry Ellison’s Oracle Started As a CIA Project

SailRocket Hits Freeway Speeds on the Water—Sadly, Without Rockets

Larry Ellison’s Sail Boat Is Literally Faster than the Wind

Larry Ellison Is No Friend of the Majestic Redwood (Updated)

Oracle CEO Ridicules HP’s Newly Appointed CEO

The Mansions of Modern Tech Giants

Source: Oracle Offered Ousted HP Ex-CEO Mark Hurd a Job

Bill Gates Convinces 40 Billionaires to Give Away Half Their Fortunes

Anyone Have a Spare $10 Million Racing Yacht Mast Lying Around?

Why Steve Jobs Didn’t Take Over Apple Back In 1997

Schwarzenegger Explains Why Technology Is Great

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