A profile of Larry Ellison, including his octopus fixation, influence across Oracle, data centers, TikTok, politics, and support for David's media ambitions
The $200 billion software titan has suctioned himself to many hubs of influence—from data centers to TikTok to Hollywood studios to the Oval Office itself.
Larry Ellison thinks of himself as an octopus and has wrapped his arms around Silicon Valley, Hollywood, DC, Israel and Hawaii. I spent the last year talking to the people closest to him to understand what the 82 old increasingly reclusive billionaire wants. For @VanityFair