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SPOTLIGHT

            Steven Anthony Ballmer  is an American                 •  The  same  year  he  retired  from                              He  developed  an  interest  in business               Lawrence  Joseph  Ellison (born  August

            businessman and investor who served as                     Microsoft  he  bought  the  NBA’s                              and  investing  in his  youth,  eventually             17,  1944)  is  an American businessman

            the chief executive officer of Microsoft                   Los  Angeles  Clippers for  $2  billion.                       entering  the  Wharton School  of  the                 and  investor  who  is  the  co-founder,

            from  2000  to  2014.  He  is  the  current            •  He has  ramped  up  his philanthropy                            University of Pennsylvania in 1947 before              executive chairman, chief technology

            owner  of the Los Angeles  Clippers of                     since 2014, putting over $2 billion into                       transferring to and graduating from the                officer  (CTO)  and  former  chief  execu-
            the  National  Basketball  Association                     a donor-advised  fund, with a focus                            University  of Nebraska at 19.  He went                tive officer (CEO)  of Oracle  Corpora-
                                                                       on lifting Americans out of poverty.                           on to graduate from Columbia Business                  tion. As of January 2022, he was listed
            (NBA).  As of January 2022,  Bloomberg
                                                                   •  In 2018, he invested $59 million in Social                      School,  where  he  molded  his  invest-               by Bloomberg Billionaires  Index as  the
            Billionaires Index estimates his personal
                                                                       Solutions, which makes software for                            ment philosophy around the concept of                  ninth-wealthiest  person  in  the  United
            wealth at around $119 billion, making                      nonprofits and government agencies.                            value investing pioneered by Benjamin                  States  and is  the  tenth-wealthiest  in
            him the eighth-richest person on Earth.                                                                                   Graham. He attended  New  York  Insti-                 the world, with a fortune of $108 billion,

            Ballmer was hired by Bill Gates at Micro-               9) Warren Buffet                                                  tute of Finance to focus his economics                 increased from $57.3 billion in 2018. He is

            soft  in 1980,  and  subsequently  left                                                                                   background  and  soon  after  began                    also the owner of the 43rd largest island

            the  MBA  program  at  Stanford  Univer-                                                                                  various  business  partnerships,  including            in the United States, Lanai in the Hawaiian
            sity. He eventually  became  president                                                                                    one  with  Graham.  He created  Buffett                Islands with a population of just over 3200

            in 1998,  and  replaced  Gates  as  CEO                                                                                   Partnership,  Ltd  in  1956  and  his  firm
                                                                                                                                      eventually  acquired a textile  manufac-               •  Larry Ellison is  chairman,  chief
            on January 13,  2000.On February 4,                                                                                                                                                  technology  officer  and  cofounder

            2014,  Ballmer  retired  as  CEO  and  was                                                                                turing firm  called  Berkshire Hathaway,
                                                                                                                                      assuming its name  to create a diversi-                    of    software     giant    Oracle,    of
            replaced  by Satya  Nadella; Ballmer
                                                                                                                                      fied  holding company. In 1978, Charlie                    which     he     owns     about     35%.
            remained on Microsoft’s Board of Direc-                                                                                   Munger joined Buffett as vice-chairman.                •  He  gave up the  Oracle CEO  role in

            tors until August 19, 2014, when he left                                                                                                                                             2014  after  37  years  at  the  helm.

            to  prepare for  teaching  a  new  class.                                                                                  10) Larry Ellison                                     •  Oracle  has  grown  in  part  through
                                                                                                                                                                                                 steady acquisitions of software

            •  Steve  Ballmer  is  the  high-wattage                                                                                                                                             companies, the biggest of which
                                                                   Warren Edward Buffett  is an American
                former  CEO of Microsoft, who  led                                                                                                                                               was $9.3 billion for NetSuite in 2016.
                                                                   business  magnate, investor, and  philan-                                                                                 •  In  2020,  Ellison moved  perma-
                the  company  from  2000  to  2014.
                                                                   thropist. He is currently the chairman                                                                                        nently    to    the    Hawaiian     island
            •  He joined  Microsoft  in 1980  as
                                                                   and  CEO  of Berkshire Hathaway.                                                                                              Lanai,  which  he  bought  nearly
                employee  No.  30  after  dropping                 He is considered  one  of  the  most                                                                                          all  of in 2012  for $300  million.

                out  of  Stanford’s  MBA  program.                 successful  investors in the  world  and                                                                                  •  Ellison joined  Tesla’s board  in

            •  Ballmer oversaw Microsoft after the                 has  a net worth of over $109.5  billion                                                                                      December  2018,  after  purchasing  3

                first dot-com crash and through efforts            as  of  January  2022   making  him  the                                                                                      million Tesla shares earlier that year.

                to catch up to Google in search capa-              world’s     ninth-wealthiest      person.[5]
                bilities  and  Apple  in mobile  phones.           Buffett  was  born  in  Omaha,  Nebraska.



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