Both were published 25 years ago, but they couldve run this week. The octogenarian Ellison is back in headlines after Oracle announced a clutch of cloud computing deals that rocked the tech world and sent its stock up 35.9, putting Ellisons fortune close to US400-billion, second globally only to Elon Musk.
Then on Thursday, news broke that Paramount, the media conglomerate Ellisons family now controls, is preparing a bid to buy out the storied Warner Bros Discovery, threatening overnight to dominate Hollywood and culture.
The swashbuckling billionaire may have been known more for his yacht collection, his ownership of a Hawaiian island or his longstanding support of Donald Trump.