
Larry Ellison, Oracle Corporation's (NYSE:ORCL) co-founder and current CTO, once credited his tough upbringing for his ambition to surpass Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) in cloud computing — and the latest numbers show he may be gaining ground.

Larry Ellison, Oracle Corporation's (NYSE:ORCL) co-founder and current CTO, once credited his tough upbringing for his ambition to surpass Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) in cloud computing — and the latest numbers show he may be gaining ground.