Change at the top of the billionaire ranking: Larry Ellison, founder of Oracle, has undermined Elon Musk becoming the richest man in the world. Its assets reached the record figure of 393 billion dollars, thanks to the incredible leap of Oracle actions to Wall Street, grown by over 40% thanks to the extraordinary results in the cloud computing and artificial intelligence sector.
The ascent of the software magnate
Ellison, today 81 years old, is a historical figure of Silicon Valley. Born in New York and raised in an adoptive family, he founded Oracle in 1977 transforming it from a small startup into one of the world giants of database software. Today the company is a key actor in the infrastructure for the IA, with billionaire contracts signed with giants such as Nvidia and Openai.
It’s official: Larry Ellison Becomes The World’s Number 1 Wealthiet Person After $ Orcl +40% SURGE TODAY, WHICH AUTI +$ 105bn of Wealth.
His total stands at $ 397BN.
Just Keep Compounding, and you can get there too at 81yo. pic.twitter.com/vlyo2nrwqo
– Wasteland Capital (@Ecommerceshares) September 10, 2025
Musk’s fall
The overtaking was also made possible by Musk’s difficulties, whose heritage stopped 385 billion. Tesla’s shares suffered a 14% decrease in 2025, between the decrease in demand for electric cars and public contrasts with the Trump administration, which influenced the perception of investors. Despite this, Musk remains in the running to recover: the Tesla board has in fact approved a record compensation plan that could bring it back to the top if it manages to hit ambitious objectives.
The Hawaiian island of Lanai
In addition to technological affairs, Ellison has a real jewel: almost all of the island of Lanai, in Hawaii. He purchased it in 2012 for an estimated figure between 300 and 500 million dollars. Today it holds about 98% of the territory, while the rest is of the state or small owners. Lanai is known for white beaches, luxury resorts and the uncontaminated environment, without traffic lights and with roads that can only be traveled by 4 × 4 vehicles. Ellison has invested a lot in the sustainable development of the island, aiming to transform it into an exclusive destination for luxury tourism.
A “bad boy” who became king of the cloud
Defined for a long time the “bad guy for the tech” for his direct and competitive style, Ellison wrote a new page in the race for billionaires. With the cloud boom and the growing hunger for calculation power for the IA, Oracle and its founder they seem destined to remain the protagonists of the world economic scene.
An extreme wealth in the face of increasingly rampant poverty
Ellison’s extraordinary wealth highlights an increasingly marked contrast with the conditions of millions of people in the world who live in extreme poverty. While one person can have hundreds of billions and a whole island, millions struggle to access essential goods such as food, water and health. An imbalance that is no longer tolerable.
Breaking: Oracle, $ OrclFounder Larry Ellison Gains +$ 107 Billion in Net Worth Toray, Making Him The Richest Person in the World, Worth $ 400 Billion.
Oracle’s Stock is now up +43% on the day. pic.twitter.com/v2uxq6ty9p
– The Kobiissi Letter (@kobeSSileter) September 10, 2025
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