Co-CEOs? I only know one company that had co-CEOs, and that didn't work out well for them.
Yep, it's like Hurding Catz. Ok I'll show myself out.
No no, you can stay.
Larry Ellison Will Step Down as CEO of Oracle, Will Remain as CTO
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Re: Larry Ellison Will Step Down as CEO of Oracle, Will Remain as CTO
#32Are there any more details into why he's doing this?
Busy producing an Iron Man suit? Running Oracle is getting in the way of being a Bond level supervillan? There could be lots of reasons.
What is it about Ellison that makes people say Bond villain, beyond the yacht and such? You're not the first person I've heard say that. (I'm not critiquing, I think it's amusing.)
Re: Larry Ellison Will Step Down as CEO of Oracle, Will Remain as CTO
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe it has something to do with him being 70?
Wow, I never knew that he is 70. I thought 40-something. But he looks really young. In this picture he is 69! [1] [1] http://www.channelweb.co.uk/IMG/834/272834/big-ellison.jpg
His face looks great. I think you can see his age in his arm skin.
Re: Larry Ellison Will Step Down as CEO of Oracle, Will Remain as CTO
#34Interesting that they name Co-CEO's in Catz and Hurd. I wonder how that will work, especially given Hurd's "tough to work with" reputation. Interestingly Ellison will be the CTO. This could be a shit show with 3 people trying to run the show! I mean does anyone really expect Larry Ellison to start taking marching orders. Will be interesting to watch the short interest on this company! I think the two headed CEO is wh…
Oracle has been run by the three of them for awhile now. This is most likely a reduction in the responsibilities for Larry (ie. not getting flak for skipping out on earnings calls/keynotes when he wants to watch his boat race) and thus mostly a change in title without significant change to operations (other than messaging to the Street what the succession plan is).
Re: Larry Ellison Will Step Down as CEO of Oracle, Will Remain as CTO
#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
Busy producing an Iron Man suit? Running Oracle is getting in the way of being a Bond level supervillan? There could be lots of reasons.
What is it about Ellison that makes people say Bond villain, beyond the yacht and such? You're not the first person I've heard say that. (I'm not critiquing, I think it's amusing.)
He doesn't seem to like free software and Oracle charges a lot for their software.
Literally Hitler
Re: Larry Ellison Will Step Down as CEO of Oracle, Will Remain as CTO
#36Re: Larry Ellison Will Step Down as CEO of Oracle, Will Remain as CTO
#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
Busy producing an Iron Man suit? Running Oracle is getting in the way of being a Bond level supervillan? There could be lots of reasons.
What is it about Ellison that makes people say Bond villain, beyond the yacht and such? You're not the first person I've heard say that. (I'm not critiquing, I think it's amusing.)
He owns an island. The beard.
Re: Larry Ellison Will Step Down as CEO of Oracle, Will Remain as CTO
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
Busy producing an Iron Man suit? Running Oracle is getting in the way of being a Bond level supervillan? There could be lots of reasons.
What is it about Ellison that makes people say Bond villain, beyond the yacht and such? You're not the first person I've heard say that. (I'm not critiquing, I think it's amusing.)
Well he looks like one ...
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/gwillis/archive/2009/10/14/separated...
Although Hank was supposed to be something of a nice guy.
Re: Larry Ellison Will Step Down as CEO of Oracle, Will Remain as CTO
#39Co-CEOs? I only know one company that had co-CEOs, and that didn't work out well for them.
samsung has 3 CEOs: http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/14/samsung-now-has-3-ceos-with...
Samsung is one of the most complex companies around. Check out their ownership structure: http://qz.com/223755/samsungs-bizarre-byzantine-ownership-st...
Re: Larry Ellison Will Step Down as CEO of Oracle, Will Remain as CTO
#40What is with the capitalization on the headline on Recode? I read it and thought, who is "Will Remain"?
It should be: Larry Ellison will step down as CEO of Oracle, will remain as CTO
Headline capitalization is pretty easy: Capitalize the first word, then any proper nouns. That's it.