Billionaire Larry Ellison may be one of the world’s richest men, but for decades he was overshadowed by tech luminaries like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk.

Not any more.

The 81-year-old tycoon, whose net worth briefly overtook Musk’s earlier this month, has become a pivotal force in the global media and tech landscape, capturing the zeitgeist of Donald Trump’s tech-dominated administration.

Larry Ellison has become a pivotal force in the global media and tech landscape. Credit: Bloomberg

While Oracle, his software giant, may not be a household name, hopes of an AI boom have propelled the company into territory reserved for the likes of the “magnificent seven” – Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Tesla and Nvidia. Shares rose an astonishing 43 per ce

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