Oracles Larry Ellison exceeds Zuckerberg as the second richest person in the world

Larry Ellison, co -founder and Chief Technology Officer from Software Giant Oracle, exceeded Mark Zuckerberg from Meta as the second richest person in the world.

According to Bloomberg, the 80 -year -old Ellison has a net value of 251 billion US dollars. This year, his assets rose by 59 billion US dollars. Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook, is a scarce third party.

Oracle's shares rose by 5.7%on Tuesday, after the USA will enable chip manufacturers Nvidia and Advanced Mico Devices Inc. to export some semiconductors to China.

In the past month, Ellison added 26 billion US dollars to his assets due to the increase in Oracle shares.

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Oracle co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Larry Ellison in the White House on January 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

The five richest people in the world are rounded off on the list of Bloomberg, Elon Musk (No. 1), Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (No. 4) and the former CEO by Microsoft Steve Ballmer (No. 5).

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The co -founder of Oracle, Larry Ellison, exceeded Mark Zuckberg as the second largest person in the world. (Michael Nagle / Bloomberg / Getty Images)

Ellison has been a billionaire since 1993. According to Bloomberg, most of his assets, 80%, are in the form of Oracle shares and options.

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Aislininn Murphy from Fox Business contributed to this report.