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Redwood City, CA-based Oracle has Promoted Lawrence J. Ellison as Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
Oracle Corporation is a U.S. based multinational computer technology corporation headquartered in Redwood City, California, United States. The company specializes in developing and marketing computer hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly its own brands of database management systems. Oracle is the second-largest software maker by revenue, after Microsoft. The company also builds tools for database development and systems of middle-tier software, enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, customer relationship management (CRM) software and supply chain management (SCM) software.
About the Person
Lawrence J. Ellison, also known as Larry, co-founded Oracle Corporation in June 1977 and has been its Executive Chairman and Chief Technology Officer since September 2014. Mr. Ellison served as Chief Executive Officer of Oracle Corporation from June 1977 to September 2014. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of C-COR Inc. Mr. Ellison co-founded Netsuite Inc. in October 1998. He co-founded Knowledge Universe Holdings, LLC and served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Ellison served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at nCUBE Corporation. He served as the President of Oracle Corp. from May 1977 to June 1996. Mr. Ellison is the Co-Chairman and Member of the Board of Pillar Data Systems, Inc. He has been a Director of Hyperion Solutions Corp. since April 14, 2007. Mr. Ellison has been a Director of Oracle Corp. since June 1977. He serves as a Director of Spring Group plc. He served as the Chairman of Oracle Corp. from May 1995 to January 2004 and also from April 1990 to September 1992. Mr. Ellison served as the Chairman of Quark Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He served as a Director of Apple Inc. from 1997 to 2002. Mr. Ellison served as a Director of Stellent Inc., since December 12, 2006. Mr. Ellison served as a Director of Astex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Knowledge Universe Holdings, LLC.
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