Founders: #404 How Larry Ellison Thinks

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[00:00] A: So the book I want to talk to you about today is called Software An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle by Matthew Simmons. The book is about 25 years old. The first time I read this book was about five to six years ago. And I think if you're going to read a biography or a book on Larry Ellison, this is the very first one you should read. Because the author had access to Larry Ellison and traveled extensively with him for two years. And they have these unbelievably, just brutally frank conversations in the book. And so I wanted to read the book and look at it through the…

Founders: #404 How Larry Ellison Thinks

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