Lawrence Joseph Ellison is an American businessman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who is a co-founder and the executive chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle Corporation.




“Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success, but by the fear of failure.”
“When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for people telling you that you are nuts.” “You have to act and act now.” “If you do everything that everyone else does in business, you're going to lose.






“Life’s a journey. It’s a journey about discovering limits.” 
“When you innovate, you’ve got to be prepared for people telling you that you are nuts.”
“You realize that life is short and fragile; and when you are facing walls of water, you understand
your own mortality can change and how quickly things could change.”