Larry Ellison | Business Magnate, Investor

Oracle Corporation currently stands number two among software companies in terms of market capitalization and revenue. This is no surprise because almost every piece of the gadget has Oracle software in it. The one who co-founded the company was Larry Ellison, who also serves as its CTO. He is now the tenth wealthiest person in the world, with $93.9 billion in the bank. He has displayed not only business savvy but also excellent money management skills.

As a child, Ellison was exposed to negativity, with his adoptive father saying he would amount to nothing. He has taken that negativity and channeled it into something productive, in the end proving his father wrong and hoping he was proud of him. Ellison started working odd jobs after dropping out of college, eventually landing a career as a programmer at Ampex, for which he had no experience! He did his best to learn the craft; he rose through the ranks, left Ampex, and then co-founded Oracle, along with two other friends.