Net Worth: $28 billion
Source: Oracle
Residence: U.S.
• Oracle founder's fortune continues to soar; shares up 70% in past 12 months.
• Database giant has bought 57 companies in the past five years.
• Completed $7.4 billion buyout of Sun Microsystems in January; acquired BEA Systems for $8.5 billion in 2008.
• Studied physics at U. of Chicago; didn't graduate.
• Started Oracle 1977; took public a day before Microsoft in 1986.
• Owns 52% stake in business-software company NetSuite; shares worth $480 million.
• Racing junkie owns 453-foot yacht Rising Sun with pal David Geffen. Won America's Cup in February, besting longtime rival billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli.
Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/109029/worlds-billionaires-2010
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