The battle of billionaires Paige against Larry Ellison: who is cooler?

Who will win the battle of the billionaires: Page or Larry Ellison? The inventor of modern search engines, the co-founder of Google is fighting against the creator of one of the world’s largest IT corporations, the founder of Oracle.

The founder of modern search engines Larry Page (Larry Page) and the creator of one of the world’s largest IT corporations Larry Ellison (Larry Ellison) are somewhat similar. How will the battle of these two richest Americans end?

Larry Page

This brilliant developer, talented engineer, one of the founders of the transnational public corporation Google, the global search engine, is often called the name “Larry”. He is one of the most influential people in the world.

Lawrence Edward Page was born on March 26, 1973. Graduated from the University of Michigan (major in computer engineering, bachelor) and Stanford University (mathematics, master).

Larry dreamed of his own IT company from the age of 12. And at 23, he set out to “download the entire Internet.” In 1996, he and his friend Sergey Brin began work on a search engine, and in 1998 they launched the ambitious Google project. True, initially their search engine was called BackRub. The world-famous name reflected the intention of the friends to “order the world’s information and make it available to everyone.”

Since then, 20 years have passed. Google’s system is used by millions, and Larry is still head of its parent company, Alphabet.

“To do something important, you need to overcome the fear of failure” (L. Page)

State

According to the latest data published on the Forbes website, the “net worth” of a businessman as of 01/05/19 is estimated at 49.9 billion rubles.

This American magazine in 2018 included Page in several ratings at once:

• No. 6 among the richest Americans;
• No. 10 among the most influential people in the world;
• No. 12 among the world’s billionaires.

Table 1. Lawrence Page in the Forbes ranking of the world’s billionaires

	Billion dollars	Place in the ranking
2011	19.8	24
2012	18.7	24
2013	23	twenty
2014	32.3	17
2015	29.7	nineteen
2016	35.2	12
2017	40.7	12
2018	48.8	12

Source: Forbes

Charity

The Larry Charitable Foundation was opened in 2006 in memory of his father. He invests in his sister-in-law’s personalized children’s book startup. His other projects are also known: the creation of smart devices for the home, the distribution of the Internet from balloons and a program to increase life expectancy.

And this does not prevent him from claiming that it is better to bequeath his billions to Elon Musk, the head of SpaceX and Tesla Motors, than send them to charity.

Larry Ellison

American billionaire, founder of Oracle, one of the largest IT corporations, largest shareholder of NetSuite Inc, initial investor in Salesforce.com.

Lawrence Joseph Ellison was born on August 17, 1944 in the Bronx, USA. He studied at the University of Illinois, then at the University of Chicago, but never graduated from any. Worked as a programmer in various companies.

His first business was Software Development Laboratories (SDL), which he founded in 1977 with Bob Miner and Ed Watts. The company received the world-famous name Oracle in 1982. Today it is the world’s largest software producer after Microsoft.

By the end of 2018, his assets were replenished with 3 million shares (1.7%) of Tesla Motors. And he himself entered the board of directors of the company.

State

According to the latest data published on the Forbes website, the “net worth” of the billionaire as of 01/05/19 is $57.2 billion.

The American magazine in 2018 included Ellison in their ratings:

• No. 5 among the richest Americans;
• No. 10 among the world’s billionaires.

Table 2. Larry Ellison in the Forbes ranking of the world’s billionaires

	Billion dollars	Place in the ranking
2011	39.5	5
2012	36	6
2013	43	5
2014	48	5
2015	54.3	5
2016	43.6	7
2017	52.2	7
2018	58.5	10

Source: Forbes

Charity

Ellison has repeatedly stated his intention to donate 90% of his fortune to charitable purposes.

He has his own Ellison Medical Foundation. Medicine and the anti-aging field remains the main focus of his philanthropy. In addition, he sponsors sailing competitions in the States.

Who is cooler”?

It is difficult to predict the outcome of the battle between the two American billionaires of the Forbes list.

Table 3. Comparative characteristics of billionaires

	Page		Allison
	answers	points	answers	points
Number of search queries	1760	one	1223	0
Education	Michigan and Stanford Universities, Master of Mathematics	one	University of Illinois and Chicago – not finished	one
Amount of children	2	one	2	one
Number of marriages	one	one	4	0
How the business started	From scratch	one	From scratch	one
What year did you get on the Forbes list of the richest people?	2004	0	1986	one
Age of hitting Forbes	31	one	42	0
How much is spent on charity	…		…
State size as of 01/05/19	$49.9 billion	0	$57.2 billion	one

Source: Forbes.

The outcome of the battle according to the proposed parameters is 6:5 in favor of Page.

The key indicator is condition. And it’s on Allison’s side.

Both businessmen invest a lot of money in charity, although Page’s well-known statement on this matter is also not in his favor.

But what about in your personal life? The inconstancy of Larry Ellison is well known: he is married four times and yet is divorced. Larry Page, having married once in 2007, is happily married and does not advertise his personal life.

Who won? Larry Page is a witty and outstanding person, an addicted nature. Larry Ellison – impulsive, cocky, always moving forward towards the goal. Still, youth wins, that is, Paige.