Business Essay

Professor Alice Tufel

Business 101

23 November 2013

Larry Ellison’s business and life

There are a lot of business people goes into debt and bankruptcy everyday, but the passion of them wanting to be rich and successful can never stop in their career life. As we all know there are some of the most will known successful business man in the United States those who are Bill Gates, Warren Edward Buffett, Bernard Arnault, and Larry Ellison, etc. Since I have a big interest in Larry Ellison’s Oracle Corporation, I would like to talk about Larry Ellison a little bit further.

Larry Ellison was born in New York City to a nineteen years old single mother, Florence Spellman. His biological farther that was a pilot serving in the US Air Force. After Ellison was nine months old he got infected to pneumonia Florence realized that she could not afford to provide the proper care to her son, then she asked to her aunt Lillian Ellison to take care of Larry. After the adoption Larry was raised in a small town to a small middle class neighborhood near Chicago. He did not meet his biological mother again until he was 48 years old (Justin). Larry Ellison was graduated from Eugene Field Elementary School in Chicago in January 1958 and then attended to Sullivan High School later on. From what Ellison remembers to his adoptive mother was an amiable, loving hearted woman. His adoptive father was not only often harsh to him, he also an unsupportive man and frequently shows his lack of faith to Larry Ellison’s abilities. Perhaps one of the main factors that Larry Ellison becomes succeeded businessman today is how his adopted father’s attitude influenced and affected on him in his early life. As a boy, Larry Ellison showed an independent, rebellious streak and often clashed with his adoptive father. From an early age, he showed a strong aptitude for math and science, and was named science student of the year at the University of Illinois (“Larry Ellison Biography” Par. I). Even...