Oracle’s Larry Ellison topples Elon Musk to become ‘world’s richest man’: report

Oracle's Larry Ellison topples Elon Musk to become 'world's richest man': report
Oracle's Larry Ellison topples Elon Musk to become 'world's richest man': report
(KRON) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk is reportedly no longer the world’s richest man. That title now belongs to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, according to a report Wednesday in Bloomberg.

Ellison has seen his fortune skyrocket over the past several hours after Oracle Corp posted better-than-expected quarterly results. Ellison’s fortune rose $101 billion to $393 billion, surpassing Musk’s reported $385 billion personal fortune, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index.

Larry Ellison, chairman of Oracle Corporation and chief technology officer, watches from the stands at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament Oct. 13, 2021, in Indian Wells, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

The publication said it was the biggest one-day increase ever recorded by the index.

Oracle shares rose 40% Wednesday after the tech company reported surging demand for its data center capacity from AI customers. Economists, according to Forbes, were “blown away “by Oracle’s projections for AI growth.

Musk, who in addition to being CEO of Tesla, owns social media platform X, first became the world’s richest man in 2021. He has since lost that title twice, first to LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault and then to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. He regained the title in 2024 and held onto it for over 300 days.

Elon Musk listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Ellison founded Oracle in Santa Clara, later relocating its headquarters to Redwood City. During the pandemic, the company decamped its HQ to Austin, Texas and has since announced plans to move its headquarters to Nashville, Tennessee.


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