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Larry Ellison

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Larry Ellison · Economics & Business

What

Founder of Oracle

When

1944, New York City, United States

Where

United States

Founded
OracleOracle1977
Biography

Larry Ellison is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Founder of Oracle

How & why

Larry Ellison co-founded Oracle in 1977 and built it into one of the world's largest enterprise-software companies, pioneering the commercial relational database. Born to an unwed Jewish mother and raised in Chicago by his adoptive great-aunt and uncle, Lillian and Louis Ellison, a Jewish family, his Jewish heritage is documented.

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Source: Database management systems

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Contributions & Sources

Founder of Oracle

1977

Source: Database management systems