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Education: University of Illinois, Drop Out,
Database titan continues to engulf the
competition; Oracle has racked up 49
acquisitions in the past 4 years. Bought BEA
Systems for $8.5 billion last year. Still
sitting on $7 billion in cash. Revenues up 11%
to $10.9 billion in the six months ended
November 30; profits also up 11% to $2.4
billion. Stock down 25% in past 12 months.
Invested $125 million in Web software outfit
Netsuite; took public in 2007, stock has fallen
80% since. His shares still worth $300 million.
Chicago native studied physics at U. of Chicago,
didn't graduate. Started Oracle in 1977. Public
1986, a day before Microsoft. Owns 453-foot
Rising Sun; built a smaller leisure boat because
superyacht is hard to park. Squabbling in court
with Swiss boating billionaire Ernesto
Bertarelli over terms of next America's Cup.
Recently unveiled hulking 90-foot trimaran he
intends to use to win it.
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