Larry Ellison is one of the most successful business leaders in the world today. Don't miss this rare opportunity to hear Ellison speak his mind about the future of tech, the industry, the world, and more, in conversation with tech veteran Ed Zander.
Industry giants Larry Ellison, Oracle CEO, and Ed Zander, former CEO, Motorola, and former president of Sun Microsystems, take the stage in this rare, unscripted discussion.
Bio
Larry Ellison
Larry Ellison has been CEO of Oracle Corporation since he founded the company in 1977. He also races sailboats, flies planes, and plays tennis and guitar.
Mark Leahy
Mr. Leahy advises technology companies, including software, telecommunications, semiconductor and other electronics companies.
His practice includes start-up counseling, venture capital financings, public offerings, public company disclosure counseling, mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures. Mr. Leahy represents a wide range of technology companies, ranging from privately held start-ups to publicly traded companies.
Karen Tucker
Karen Tucker is chief executive of The Churchill Club.
Previously, she served for more than eight years as a senior executive at the Computer History Museum.
Ed Zander
Edward J. Zander was CEO and Chairman of the Board of Motorola from January 2004 until January 2008, remaining as chairman until May 2008. His work in the technology sector included management positions at Data General and Apollo Computer before joining Sun Microsystems in 1987 where he was later promoted to Chief Operating Officer and President in 1998 and 1999, respectively.
He left Sun in 2002 to become managing director at Silver Lake Partners, a technology investment fund. He also serves on the board of directors for Jason Foundation for Education, on the science advisory board of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (where he received a degree in electrical engineering), the advisory board for IOCOM Communications, and the advisory board of the Boston University School of Management (where he received his Master of Business Administration and later an honorary Ph.D.).
He was also a member of the board of directors at Seagate Technologies from 2002 to 2004, and at Time Warner Inc. from January to May 2007.
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison discusses his quest to win the America's Cup sailing race in light of his recent lawsuit against the Swiss team over the rules of the race.
"I went crazy when I saw the rules and we filed a lawsuit," he says. "We think we are going to win as long as they don't cheat."
this is lame! these two guys are a setup in a puppet show! I'm very disappointed! Centeral Inteliegence Agency? That explains it all! please, just zip it and just go away on one of your sailing missions! PLEASE!!!
Has Zander no shame? The Razr was conceived and developed before he got to Motorola. The “Hello Moto” campaign was already being scoped out. And, more importantly, under Zander the company’s product development stalled – no new meaningful products. In retrospect, Zander accelerated Motorola’s spiral into irrelevance! Call it what you want, it looks to me like Zander was fired; something that should have occurred a couple of years before he left as a very rich man. FYI, I am not a Motorola employee and never have been. My only gripe is that Motorola’s Board of Directors has selected a string of turkeys and this once great company has suffered for their many many mistakes!