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Fortune
Jessica Coacci

Meet Larry Ellison, the 81-year-old tech billionaire-turned-media mogul

Larry Ellison (Credit: Anna Moneymaker-Getty Images)

Larry Ellison, Oracle’s chairman and chief technology officer, has by all means conquered the tech world. With a net worth near $345 billion, the database pioneer began his success by founding Oracle in the 1970s. Earlier this month, he briefly became the richest person in the world, topping Elon Musk before going back to second place. 

However, the Ellison name now has a new venture: media. Larry Ellison is 81 and a tech billionaire best known for cofounding Oracle and now moving aggressively into media alongside his son David. The Ellison family’s influence over Paramount and CBS has surged because David Ellison’s Skydance deal to acquire Paramount Global places him atop the company that owns CBS.

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