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A look inside the daily life of Oracle's billionaire founder Larry Ellison, who owns almost an entire island and will do whatever it takes to win

Áine Cain   

A look inside the daily life of Oracle's billionaire founder Larry Ellison, who owns almost an entire island and will do whatever it takes to win
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Larry Ellison kissing trophy sailing Oracle

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Larry Ellison likes to win.

Larry Ellison likes to win - and he's good at it.

According to Forbes, the tech mogul recently got $5 billion richer over the course of just two days.

Ellison came from a poor background and dropped out of college twice. In what proved to be a true "rags to riches" story, the billionaire cofounded software company Oracle in 1977 and acquired a reputation as Silicon Valley's bad boy in the ensuing decades.

But what does Ellison - whom Forbes estimated is worth $61.5 billion - get up to every day since stepping down as Oracle's CEO in 2014? Make no mistake, the tech mogul isn't retired - he's still the company's chief technology officer and chairman.

Here's a look at the daily life of Oracle founder Larry Ellison:


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