larry_ellison
28 אוקטובר, 2010
לארי אליסון, מנכ"ל אורקל
CEO, Oracle, Redwood Shores, Calif.
As companies bulked up on business software over the past three years, Ellison snapped up 40 acquisitions for $25 billion. That gave him a breadth of offerings few rivals can match. Now he can pinpoint where customers are still spending and tailor packages they need. A top priority is to build on lucrative support contracts. “The highest-margin portion of our business is now the largest portion of our business,” he says. Oracle’s operating profits stand at 46% of sales, among the best in tech. No wonder its shares closed 2008 down only 21%—half as bad as the Nasdaq and S&P 500 indexes.
