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How Larry Ellison Built An Empire -- And Almost Lost It
Larry Ellison turned Oracle into a giant company through sheer force of will. But he almost destroyed the company with that same force of will.
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His hard charging sales pitch picked up new customers when Oracle was just starting. By the time it was a mature company, the aggressive sales pitch nearly crashed the company when the product couldn't meet the promise of salesmen.
In its new documentary series, Game Changers, Bloomberg details how Larry Ellison, the "Samurai warrior of Silicon Valley," built his company and then almost lost it all.
We watched the first half of the program and have summarized Ellison's rise and fall.
Watch the whole thing at Bloomberg »
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