I was reading an article today about the super rich people who went from rags to riches. All these people were CEOs of major companies with amazing life stories. All came from very modest beginnings and some were even brought up in the projects. One cannot help admire their genius, strength of character, focus and ambition. But of course, not all had the other characteristics that would make them great human beings, such as honesty, compassion and charity. A couple of them were CEOs of financial institutions that went rogue during their reign.
One of the people who stood out for me was Larry Ellison co-founder and CEO of Oracle, the giant software company, which is the world's leading supplier of software for information management. Larry Ellison is the fourth richest man in the world. He was a college dropout and yet he was able to achieve so much. There were a few things in the article about him that made me gasp and laugh. One example was, ‘Ellison is known for quoting Genghis Khan who said, "It’s not sufficient I succeed. Everyone else must fail."’ The article talks about his accomplishments as well as some of his character flaws.
Below is the link to the article:
http://www.minyanville.com/articles/oracle-ibm-ellison-ampex-sdl-billionaire-software-programmer/index/a/25369/from/msn
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