Saffat Yasir Iqbal

List of Successful Entrepreneurs 1. Name : Larry Ellison Company Name: Oracle Corporation Type of Business: Database Software Location: Woodside, California Short History: Larry Ellison was born in New York City; to an unwed Jewish mother. His biological father was an Italian American United States Army Air Corps pilot. After Ellison contracted pneumonia at the age of nine months, his mother gave him to her aunt and uncle for adoption. He did not meet his biological mother again until he was 48. Ellison left the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign after his second year, not taking his final exams, because his adoptive mother had just died. After spending a summer in Northern California, he attended the University of Chicago for one term, where he first encountered computer design. In 1966, aged 22, he moved to Northern California. In 1979, the company renamed itself Relational Software Inc., and in 1982, officially became Oracle Systems Corporation after its flagship product, the Oracle Database. In November 2016, Oracle bought NetSuite for $9.3 billion. Ellison owned 35% of NetSuite At the time of the purchase making him $3.5 billion personally In June 2017, Ellison's net worth was about $61.8 billion, according to Forbes. 2. Name : Michael Dell Company Name: Dell Technologies Type of Business: Technology Infrastructure Location: Austin, Texas Short History: Michael Dell, of course, is the founder of Dell Computers. His net worth is said to be nearly $20 billion. He attended the University of Texas, but eventually dropped out. In his college dorm room, he started forming the foundations of what would eventually become Dell. Having found some success packaging and selling upgrades for personal computers, he went on to build a much bigger business. On October 12, 2015, Dell Inc. announced its intent to acquire the enterprise software and storage company EMC Corporation. At $67 billion, it has been labeled the "highest-valued tech acquisition in history. The acquisition was finalized September 7, 2016. 3.