At 80, Oracle's founder – one of the world's wealthiest executives and an eccentric figurehead of the 2000s – has returned to ...

Larry Ellison's yacht Katana in Auckland, New Zealand in 2002. Michael Bradley/Getty Ellison enrolled at a sailing course taught at the University of California shortly after he moved to the state ...

Ellison reportedly dropped over $200 million to build Rising Sun (some estimates say it cost as much as $377 million). It's 452 feet and five stories -- making it more like a cruise ship than a yacht.

Last but not least, Ellison yacht’s performance is just as remarkable as its custom design, boasting a top speed of 21 knots (24 mph/39 kph) and a 6,000-mile (9,650 km) range.

Even billionaires need to budget. That's the message delivered to Oracle Corp. founder Larry Ellison, one of the world's richest men, by his personal financial adviser in a series of e-mails ...

But Ellison is not one of them. The IT mogul is known for his series of exceptional superyachts, all of them named after various elements from Japanese culture. He currently still owns the 88 ...

Over five Sundays, a very private Larry Ellison becomes public in exclusive excerpts from Chronicle staff writer Julian Guthrie's book "The Billionaire and the Mechanic" (Grove Press; $27), with ...

Ellison sold Rising Sun, his mammoth 453-foot yacht, to Hollywood mogul David Geffen in 2010, which was the 10th largest in the world. The brash billionaire owns the 288-foot Musashi, ranking at 50.

What Is Larry Ellison’s Net Worth? As of Jan. 15, 2025, Ellison ranked fourth on the list of the wealthiest people in the world, with a net worth of $182 billion, according to Bloomberg .

For decades, Larry Ellison reveled in being the Silicon Valley executive who really knew how to have a good time. He spent as much as $200 million building a Japanese-inspired imperial villa near ...

Ellison sold Rising Sun, his mammoth 453-foot yacht, to Hollywood mogul David Geffen in 2010, which was the 10th largest in the world. The brash billionaire owns the 288-foot Musashi, ranking at 50.