larry-ellison
Children of the rich and geeky: Is David Ellison too awesome for this world?
Nick Douglas · 10/02/06 03:13PMChildren of the rich and famous: Ellison's flyboy
Nick Douglas · 09/19/06 07:35PMValleywag party report: Google's Larry Page rocks the urban mullet
Nick Douglas · 09/12/06 04:35PMLast night, I cheated my way into a book party for California-based writer and web publisher Arianna Huffington at the San Francisco guest house of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and romance novelist Melanie Craft Ellison. First lesson: Don't go to a society event dressed for a Silicon Valley geek party. Second lesson: F. Scott Fitzgerald was right, the rich are not like you and me.
Morning news: Larry Ellison feels secure
Nick Douglas · 08/31/06 09:00AMLoose Wires: Basically we like saying "Gooveau Riche"
Nick Douglas · 08/29/06 10:12PMEllison's exes spew vitriol at his wife Melanie
Nick Douglas · 08/24/06 08:00AMThere can be only one: Larry Ellison vs. Mel Gibson for "King of Malibu"
Nick Douglas · 08/08/06 02:33PMBefore anyone forgets, the throne of Malibu, lately claimed by a drunk Mel Gibson, could really belong to Larry Ellison. The Oracle owner snapped up a $100 million spread of Malibu beach property two years ago — it's just one of his many playgrounds, along with his Japanese-style estate and his Gulfstream V.
Midyear predictions: Rocketboom hooks up, Ballmer holes up, Wozniak shapes up
Nick Douglas · 07/20/06 08:53PMOracle dude's got no game: Larry Ellison loses bid for Seattle SuperSonics
Nick Douglas · 07/20/06 03:13PMLarry Ellison, Oracle founder and Chuck Norris stunt double, lost yet another bid for a sports team when the Seattle SuperSonics rebuffed his $425-million offer. The Sonics didn't want to move to San Jose as Ellison planned. Instead, the Sonics owners sold (for just $350 million) to Oklahoma investors who will keep the team in Seattle.
How Larry and Sergey's jet stacks up to other men's
Nick Douglas · 07/10/06 09:36PMThe Google jet being custom-fitted for founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin is a monumental achievement in the size wars of Silicon Valley billionaires. Larry and Sergey's Boeing 767 outclasses all other corporate jets in length. As shown above, its impressive girth also dwarfs those of lesser moguls.
Larry Ellison, world's biggest hypothetical philanthropist
Nick Douglas · 07/10/06 01:06PMUnintended consequences of geek fame
Nick Douglas · 06/30/06 09:07PMThe Washington Post and "don't call me the Segway inventor" Dean Kamen want geeks to be famous. Rather than letting creative geniuses get all the glory for their piddly "Oscars" and their "works of timeless art," the Post and Kamen want kids to worship real role models like the Google guys and YouTube founders.
Ellison stiffed Harvard because girls stink at math
Nick Douglas · 06/28/06 09:00AMRemainders: Ellison officially gives Harvard the finger
Nick Douglas · 06/27/06 10:28PMOMG BFF! A field guide to tech mogul buddies
Nick Douglas · 06/27/06 09:02PMWhen the New York Times (and every other media outlet — good job, Buffett's PR firm!) went on and on about Warren Buffett's $31-billion donation to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and how Buffett and Gates are such good pals, it seemed fair to point out other tech mogul buddies like the heads of Apple, Oracle, and Google — and to diagram them in this handy guide.