Larry Ellison - The Source of Oracle's Wisdom
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Case Details:
Case Code : LDEN019
Case Length : 14 Pages
Period : 1976-2001
Pub Date : 2002
Teaching Note :Not Available
Organization : Oracle Corporation
Industry : Computers and information Technology Countries : USA
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Background Note
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Ellison, born in Manhattan on August 17, 1944, was separated from his family at
birth. Ellison was brought up by Jewish immigrants from Europe. He was named
Ellison after 'Ellis' Island.7 During his
childhood, Ellison used to be regularly late in schools and tampered with his
college records. Though, his favorite subjects included Maths and Science,
Ellison was a mediocre student.
Ellison graduated from the South Shore High School situated near Chicago in
mid-1962 and then joined the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign (UIUC)
in September 1962. Ellison was unable to receive a degree from the University as
he was expelled in June 1964 for not maintaining a 'C' average and missing two
final semester examination papers.8
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After leaving UIUC, Ellison joined the University of Chicago in late 1964. But
in 1966, Ellison again discontinued his studies.
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Though Ellison did not receive a university degree, he possessed good
technical knowledge of computers and was brilliant at programming.
After leaving the University of Chicago, Ellison went to California to work
as a programmer. Till the early 1970s, Ellison wrote computer programs on a
contract basis in California. In 1973, Ellison joined Amdahl Corporation, a
high-tech start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, as a trainer. His
responsibilities included teaching Amdahl's engineers about the operation of
the company's new machine, the 470 V/6. Since Ellison had prior knowledge of
IBM mainframes, he found the job easy. |
When Amdahl went bankrupt due to failure to meet deadlines
and non-payment of bills by customers, it retrenched a few employees including
Ellison.In the mid-1970s, Ellison joined Ampex, an audio-visual equipment
company based in Sunnyvale, California, as a programmer...
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