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Oracle

Oracle was founded in 1977 in Austin, USA by Ed Oates, Jeet Singh, Jonah Goodhart, Larry Ellison and 7 others. It is an Enterprise Software company.

Enterprise software company known for its database management systems and cloud services.

Public Founded 1977 Austin USA Enterprise Software
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Oracle founders & co-founders

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Ed Oates
Co-founder
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Jeet Singh
Co-founder
 J
Jonah Goodhart
Co-founder
 L
Larry Ellison
Co-founder & CEO
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Louis Têtu
Co-founder
 M
Martin Ouellet
Co-founder
 M
Michael Walrath
Co-founder
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Noah Goodhart
Co-founder
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Patricia House
Co-founder
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Robert Gierkink
Co-founder
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Thomas Siebel
Co-founder

Where its founders came from

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The companies and labs that produced Oracle’s founders.

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What happened to Oracle’s founders and alumni

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People who worked at or founded Oracle and went on to start their own companies.

Lineage of OracleOracleOracleLarry EllisonLarry EllisonOracle CorporationOracle CorporationEllison Medical FoundationEllison Medical Found…F50 League LLCF50 League LLCCanada SailGP TeamCanada SailGP TeamRenaud LaplancheRenaud LaplancheLendingClubLendingClubUpgrade, Inc.Upgrade, Inc.UpgradeUpgradeAjeet SinghAjeet SinghNutanixNutanixThoughtSpotThoughtSpotAnshu SharmaAnshu SharmaSkyflowSkyflowResilience AIResilience AIBenoît DagevilleBenoît DagevilleSnowflakeSnowflakeSnowflake Inc.Snowflake Inc.Dheeraj PandeyDheeraj PandeyNutanixNutanixDevRevDevRevThomas SiebelThomas SiebelSiebel SystemsSiebel SystemsC3.aiC3.aiEd OatesEd OatesOracle CorporationOracle CorporationEvan GoldbergEvan GoldbergNetSuiteNetSuiteMarc BenioffMarc BenioffSalesforceSalesforceMike OlsonMike OlsonClouderaClouderaNeha NarkhedeNeha NarkhedeConfluentConfluentNicole EaganNicole EaganDarktraceDarktraceParker HarrisParker HarrisSalesforceSalesforce
The Oracle lineage graph — click any node to keep exploring.
A 2 founded
Nutanix 2009 ThoughtSpot 2012
A 2 founded
Skyflow 2019 Resilience AI
B 2 founded
Snowflake 2012 Snowflake Inc. 2012
D 2 founded
Nutanix 2009 DevRev 2020
E 1 founded
Oracle Corporation 1977
E 1 founded
NetSuite 1998
L 4 founded
Oracle Corporation 1977 Ellison Medical Foundation 1997 F50 League LLC 2018 Canada SailGP Team 2021
M 1 founded
Salesforce 1999
M 1 founded
Cloudera 2008
N 1 founded
Confluent 2014
N 1 founded
Darktrace 2013
P 1 founded
Salesforce 1999
P 1 founded
Skyflow 2019
R 3 founded
LendingClub 2006 Upgrade, Inc. 2014 Upgrade 2016
R 1 founded
SambaNova Systems 2017
S 1 founded
Lucid Motors 2007
T 1 founded
Snowflake 2012
T 2 founded
Siebel Systems 1993 C3.ai 2009
V 1 founded
Rockset 2016

Acquisitions

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NetSuite
Enterprise Software · USA
AcquiredFounded 1998
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Sun Microsystems
Hardware & Electronics · USA
AcquiredFounded 1982

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