Larry Ellison Apple 2.0 Friends
Steve Jobs (3rd from left), Melanie Craft-Ellison (4th), Larry Ellison (5th), Laurene Powell-Jobs (last on the right) at a private gathering, 2005
- Name
- Larry Ellison
- Life
- born 1944 (age 79 or 80)
- Relationship to Steve
- Friend
- Short Bio
Larry Ellison is the world's 5th richest man (as per the Forbes 2020 list), the co-founder of business software company Oracle, which he started in his garage. He frequently appears in the Valley's gossip columns for his exuberant lifestyle. One of Steve Jobs's best friends (Steve Jobs publicly called him "my best friend" at the WWDC 1997 chat), he was instrumental in bringing him back at Apple in 1997, publicly claiming he intended to buy the company.
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