摘要：美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）2025年9月11日文章，拉里·埃利森度过了一个我们所有人都望尘莫及的“超级周三”。根据《彭博亿万富豪指数》，这位超级富豪在9月10日登上了全球首富宝座，他在当天一天的财富就增加了1000亿美元，将长期占据首富位置的埃隆·马斯克一度
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甲骨文公司创始人拉里·埃利森一度超越马斯克登顶全球财富榜榜首
一、甲骨文公司创始人拉里·埃利森一度超越马斯克登顶全球财富榜首
美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）2025年9月11日文章，拉里·埃利森度过了一个我们所有人都望尘莫及的“超级周三”。根据《彭博亿万富豪指数》，这位超级富豪在9月10日登上了全球首富宝座，他在当天一天的财富就增加了1000亿美元，将长期占据首富位置的埃隆·马斯克一度从宝座上拉下。
这位81岁的老人是甲骨文公司最大的个人股东，而甲骨文股价当日创下了自1992年以来的最大单日涨幅。据彭博统计，埃利森的身家一度为3930亿美元，超过了身家3850亿美元的马斯克。
1996年拉里·埃利森（中）与联合创始人安德森（左）和谢尔德参加公司活动
二、埃利森的创业与财富增长传奇
这要追溯到1977年，当时埃利森与鲍勃·迈纳、埃德·奥茨在加利福尼亚州圣克拉拉市共同创立了“软件开发实验室”。美国中央情报局与他们签订合同，委托其开发一个代号为“甲骨文”的数据库程序。
五年后，埃利森与合伙人正式将公司名字更名为“甲骨文”，并于1986年上市。在过去的四十年里，甲骨文在科技领域取得了不同程度的成功，而最近的增长动力则来自人工智能客户对其数据中心算力的需求。
埃利森在甲骨文担任过多个领导职务，包括1978年至1996年期间担任公司总裁。他还曾两次担任董事长：第一次是1990年至1992年。1992年，他在一次人体冲浪运动中遭遇了险些致命的事故。康复后，他在1995年又重返董事长职位，任职约十年。
2014年，埃利森卸任甲骨文首席执行官，转而担任董事会执行主席兼首席技术官，这两个职位他至今仍在担任。
甲骨文公司于9月9日宣布，该季度已与客户签订了四份数十亿美元规模的合同，并预计未来几个月还将签署更多合同。这一消息推动甲骨文股价以及埃利森的财富飙升至天文数字水平。
2013年，甲骨文美国队赢得美洲杯帆船赛后，拉里·埃利森与团队成员共同庆祝
三、既爱工作又爱享受和运动的埃利森
2012年，埃利森买下了夏威夷第六大岛屿拉奈岛98%的产权。CNN2012年的一篇报道指出，当时他的身家仅为360亿美元，而当年比尔·盖茨与其前妻梅琳达·盖茨正是在这座岛上举办的婚礼。
他还是一位狂热的帆船爱好者。2013年，他资助的“甲骨文美国队”在美洲杯帆船赛中后来居上，成功卫冕冠军。该团队于2017年解散。
2018年，埃利森与朋友一起联合创立了国际帆船大奖赛。这是一项全球性的高速双体船竞速赛事，吸引了众多名人投资者。最近，女演员安妮·海瑟薇及一个投资财团收购了意大利国际帆船大奖赛队，足球明星基利安·姆巴佩则投资了法国国际帆船大奖赛队。
他还重振了加利福尼亚州的印第安维尔斯网球赛，该赛事也因此获得了“第五大满贯”的别称。此外，该赛事因拥有Nobu餐厅（一家高端寿司店）而闻名，这家餐厅正对着赛事最大的中央球场之一。
特朗普在埃利森、孙正义及奥特曼陪同下宣布投资5000亿美元在美建设AI基础设施
四、共和党金主和特朗普的密友
政治也是埃利森关注的领域，他经常充当共和党及保守派团体的大金主。2022年，他向一个支持南卡罗来纳州共和党参议员蒂姆·斯科特竞选总统的超级政治行动委员会捐赠了1500万美元。2015年，他还曾为马可·卢比奥的总统竞选活动提供资金支持。
埃利森目前与唐纳德·特朗普总统关系密切。今年1月，他与O人工智能公司首席执行官山姆·奥特曼、软银首席执行官孙正义一同出现在白宫，当着特朗普的面宣布成立一家新公司，投资5000亿美元推动美国人工智能基础设施建设。
埃利森与牛津大学联合创办的埃利森理工学院图书馆
五、拟将大部分财富捐赠给医疗与教育事业
2010年，埃利森签署了“捐赠誓言”。这是一项由比尔·盖茨发起的倡议，签署者承诺将至少95%的财富捐赠给慈善事业。2016年，埃利森宣布向南加州大学捐赠2亿美元，用于建立一家癌症研究与治疗中心。
埃利森最近在X平台上宣布，他将“调整”自己的捐赠计划，将部分资金投入到他与牛津大学联合创办的埃利森理工学院。他在帖子中写道，埃利森理工学院的“人文使命包括：通过设计和推广新一代救命药物来变革医疗健康领域；通过培育高产作物及建立全球低成本室内种植系统网络来对抗全球饥饿；通过研发高效清洁能源生产与储存技术来减缓气候变化”。
《纽约时报》8月的一篇报道称，埃利森“极少参与捐赠誓言签署者社群的活动”，且“十分珍视自身的自主权，不愿受外界影响去支持”盖茨关注的公益领域。
Who is Larry Ellison, who just became the world’s richest person? By Jordan Valinsky on CNN. September 11, 2025.
Larry Ellison is having the best Wednesday out of all of us.
The uber-billionaire is now the world’s richest person, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, growing $100 billion more wealthy on Wednesday and toppling longtime title holder Elon Musk from his perch.
The 81-year-old is Oracle’s largest individual shareholder and whose stock is having its biggest single-day gain since 1992. Ellison’s wealth stands at $393 billion, surpassing Musk, who has a measly $385 billion, according to Bloomberg’s calculations.
So, how did he get here?
It traces back to 1977, when Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates founded Software Development Laboratories in Santa Clara, California. They were contracted by the CIA to build a database program code-named “Oracle.”
Five years later, the company changed its name to Oracle and went public in 1986. Throughout the four decades, the company has found various levels of success in technology, but most recently in demand for its data center capacity from AI customers.
Ellison has held various leadership roles in Oracle, including being president of Oracle from 1978 to 1996. He was also chairman twice, from 1990 to 1992. In 1992, he had a near-fatal bodysurfing accident. He came back in 1995 for about a decade.
In 2014, Ellison stepped down as Oracle CEO and was named executive chairman of the board and chief technology officer, both titles he currently holds.
The company announced Tuesday that it signed four multibillion-dollar contracts with customers during the quarter and expects to sign several more in the coming months, propelling the stock — and Ellison’s wealth — to astronomical levels.
But it’s not all work and no play.
In 2012, Ellison bought 98% of Lana’i, the sixth-largest island in Hawaii. A CNN report from 2012 notes that his wealth back then was just $36 billion and it was the same island that Bill and Melinda Gates were married on. (They later divorced.)
He’s also a big sailor. In 2013, Oracle Team USA, the team he backed, came from behind to win and successfully defend the America’s Cup. The team dissolved in 2017.
In 2018, Ellison cofounded SailGP, a high-speed catamaran racing league that competes around the world and has attracted celebrity backers. Most recently, actress Anne Hathaway and a consortium of investors acquired the Italy SailGP team and soccer star Kylian Mbappé has invested in the France SailGP team.
He’s also revived the Indian Wells tennis tournament in California, earning it the “fifth slam” nickname. It’s also famous for having Nobu, a pricey sushi spot, overlooking one of its biggest show courts.
Politics are an area of interest for Ellison, who has frequently donated millions of dollars to Republican and conservative groups. In 2022, he gave $15 million to a super PAC supporting South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott for president. In 2015, he also donated to Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign.
Ellison currently has close ties with President Donald Trump. In January, he appeared with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son at the White House as Trump announced the creation a new company to grow AI infrastructure in the United States.
Ellison has donated to medical efforts, too. In 2016, he announced a $200 million donation to the University of Southern California to establish a cancer research and treatment center.
After his death, Ellison’s wealth will still be felt — somewhere.
In 2010, he signed the Giving Pledge, a Bill Gates-backed initiative that promises to give away at least 95% of one’s wealth to charity. Ellison recently announced on X he was “amending” that effort, funneling some of the money toward a technical institute he founded with the University of Oxford.
The Ellison Institute of Technology’s “humane endeavors include transforming healthcare by designing and distributing a new generation of life-saving drugs, combating world hunger by engineering higher yielding crops and building a global network of low-cost indoor growing systems, and slowing climate change by developing efficient clean energy generation and storage system,” he wrote.
A New York Times report from August said that Ellison “rarely engaged with the community of Giving Pledge signers” and “has cherished his autonomy and does not want to be influenced to support” Gates’ causes. (Ellison did not respond to the Times’ request for comment).
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