fromThe Mercury News
5 days agoOracle's Ellison tops Musk as world's richest man after $101 billion gain
Larry Ellison has become the world's richest person for the first time, ending Elon Musk's nearly year-long reign in the top spot. Ellison's fortune soared $101 billion as of 10:10 a.m. in New York after Oracle Corp. reported quarterly results that surpassed expectations and said there's more growth to come. Also see: Oracle, Salesforce slash hundreds of Bay Area jobs The increase lifted his total fortune to $393 billion, ahead of Musk who sits at $385 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. It's the biggest one-day increase ever recorded by the index.
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