Lawrence Joseph Ellison (born August 17, 1944) is an American businessman and entrepreneur who co-founded software company Oracle Corporation. He was Oracle's chief executive officer from 1977 to 2014 and is now its chief technology officer and executive chairman.

May 13, 2016 · Larry Ellison, the founder of Oracle Corp., grew up thinking he would move to Los Angeles, attend USC, get married and become a doctor. Many people he grew up with on the south side of Chicago expected him to do just that, he told the thousands attending USC’s 133rd commencement today on the University Park Campus.

May 14, 2016 · Oracle founder Larry Ellison delivers the commencement address at USC on Friday. Before Larry Ellison became a high-tech billionaire wealthy enough to establish a cancer research center at...

Watch entrepreneur Larry Ellison's full commencement speech at the University of Southern California.

Oracle founder and CTO Larry Ellison addressing graduates at the commencement ceremony at the University of Southern California. University of Southern California/Facebook

May 13, 2016 · “Whatever the underlying reasons, I was unable to make myself into the person that I thought I should be,” Ellison said. “So I decided to stop trying.” Oracle founder and America’s Cup champion Larry Ellison delivers his commencement address to USC graduates and their families.

May 12, 2016 · LOS ANGELES, MAY 11, 2016 — Technology entrepreneur Larry Ellison has donated $200 million to establish the Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine of USC, a new center in Los Angeles that will combine interdisciplinary research with the holistic prevention and treatment of cancer.

Larry Ellison gave the the commencement speech to graduates at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Mr. Ellison talked about his struggles to find a job he loved. He told...

Jun 30, 2016 · Our charismatic speaker that morning, the venerable tech entrepreneur and humanitarian, Larry Ellison, inspired our students with his extraordinary personal journey, while describing the unique opportunities and challenges he faced in founding the Oracle Corporation four decades ago.

Feb 10, 2016 · More than 60,000 members of the Trojan Family will unite on the University Park Campus for USC’s 133rd commencement ceremony on May 13. This year’s speaker, Larry Ellison, is best known as the founder of Oracle Corporation, the enterprise-technology giant that he launched in 1977.