9 Lessons I Learned From Larry Ellison About Vision, Competition, and Building an Empire
When we think about visionaries in technology, a familiar set of names comes to mind: Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos. But Larry Ellison has always occupied a different corner of that landscape—less mythologized in the public imagination, yet just as consequential.
His story is not one of a lone genius tinkering in a garage, nor of a benevolent leader creating devices that inspire affection. Ellison's path has always been sharper, more combative, more emblematic of a particular American instinct: the drive to compete, to dominate, and to win.
He was born into modest circumstances, raised by relatives on the South Side of Chicago, far removed from the glamorous world of Silicon Valley.
By the time Ellison founded Oracle, the database company that would one day become one of the most influential in the world, he had already absorbed two lessons that would shape his empire.
First, that survival required resourcefulness. Second, that business was not merely a contest of ideas but a battlefield of willpower.
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His story is not one of a lone genius tinkering in a garage, nor of a benevolent leader creating devices that inspire affection. Ellison's path has always been sharper, more combative, more emblematic of a particular American instinct: the drive to compete, to dominate, and to win.
He was born into modest circumstances, raised by relatives on the South Side of Chicago, far removed from the glamorous world of Silicon Valley.
By the time Ellison founded Oracle, the database company that would one day become one of the most influential in the world, he had already absorbed two lessons that would shape his empire.
First, that survival required resourcefulness. Second, that business was not merely a contest of ideas but a battlefield of willpower.
9 Lessons I Learned From Larry Ellison About Vision, Competition, and Building an Empire
When we think about visionaries in technology, a familiar set of names comes to mind: Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos. But Larry Ellison has always occupied a different corner of that landscape—less mythologized in the public imagination, yet just as consequential.
His story is not one of a lone genius tinkering in a garage, nor of a benevolent leader creating devices that inspire affection. Ellison's path has always been sharper, more combative, more emblematic of a particular American instinct: the drive to compete, to dominate, and to win.
He was born into modest circumstances, raised by relatives on the South Side of Chicago, far removed from the glamorous world of Silicon Valley.
By the time Ellison founded Oracle, the database company that would one day become one of the most influential in the world, he had already absorbed two lessons that would shape his empire.
First, that survival required resourcefulness. Second, that business was not merely a contest of ideas but a battlefield of willpower.
His story is not one of a lone genius tinkering in a garage, nor of a benevolent leader creating devices that inspire affection. Ellison's path has always been sharper, more combative, more emblematic of a particular American instinct: the drive to compete, to dominate, and to win.
He was born into modest circumstances, raised by relatives on the South Side of Chicago, far removed from the glamorous world of Silicon Valley.
By the time Ellison founded Oracle, the database company that would one day become one of the most influential in the world, he had already absorbed two lessons that would shape his empire.
First, that survival required resourcefulness. Second, that business was not merely a contest of ideas but a battlefield of willpower.
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| BN ID: | 2940184445915 |
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| Publisher: | Digital Products Management |
| Publication date: | 10/05/2025 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 31 KB |
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