Larry Ellison: From Family Rejection to World fifth Richest Man Alive

Lawrence Joseph Ellison? was born August 17, 1944 ?who became an American businessman and entrepreneur who cofounded software company?Oracle Corporation. He was Oracle's chief executive officer from 1977 to 2014 and is now its chief technology officer and executive chairman.

As of March 2024, he is the eighth-wealthiest person in the world, according to?Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with an estimated net worth of US$130 billion, and the fifth-wealthiest in the world according to?Forbes,?with an estimated net worth of $154 billion. Ellison is also known for his ownership of 98% of?Lāna?i, the sixth-largest island in the?Hawaiian Islands.

Early life and Education

Ellison was born on August 17, 1944, in New York City to Florence Spellman, an unwed Jewish mother. His biological father was an Italian American?United States Army Air Corps?pilot. After Ellison contracted?pneumonia?at the age of nine months, his mother gave him to her aunt and uncle for adoption.?He did not meet his biological mother again until he was 48.

Ellison moved to Chicago's?South Shore, then a middle-class neighborhood.?He remembers his adoptive mother, Lillian Spellman Ellison,?as warm and loving, in contrast to his austere, unsupportive, and often distant adoptive father, who had chosen the name Ellison to honor his point of entry into the United States,?Ellis Island. Louis Ellison was a government employee who had made a small fortune in Chicago real estate, only to lose it during the?Great Depression.

Although Ellison was raised in a?Reform Jewish?home by his adoptive parents, who attended synagogue regularly, he remained a religious skeptic. At age thirteen, Ellison refused to have a?bar mitzvah?celebration.

Ellison states: “While I think I am religious in one sense; the particular dogmas of Judaism are not dogmas I subscribe to. I don't believe that they are real. They're interesting stories. They're interesting mythology, and I certainly respect people who believe these are literally true, but I don't. I see no evidence for this stuff."?Ellison says that his fondness for Israel is not connected to religious sentiments but rather due to the innovative spirit of Israelis in the technology sector”.

But Larry's?desire to succeed?wouldn't yield tangible results for many years to come. Along the way, he'd find other motivators, his unsupportive, adoptive father being one of them:

oh it was a powerful motivation. I think my dad had a wonderful effect on me. If fire doesn’t destroy you, you’re tempered by it. Thanks, Dad. I’m not sure I would recommend that?everyone raise their children like this. There's got to be a better way. But it certainly worked.
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How did Larry Ellison become successful?

Additionally, Ellison exerted significant efforts to establish Oracle as the leading provider of data services worldwide.?His emphasis on enhancing his cognitive abilities?played a crucial role in his success, allowing him to approach challenges from diverse perspectives and gain a competitive edge. please when it seem you are about to give up find a motivator, it can be positive or negative. but keep moving the up is sure.

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