DATABASE.
>> CAN YOU TAKE ME BACK AND TELL
ME HOW YOU'VE DONE THIS, LARRY?
YOU'RE THE GODFATHER OF
TECHNOLOGY.
YOU FOUNDED THIS COMPANY, YOU'RE
STILL THRIVING.
YOU'RE STILL COMING OUT WITH ALL
THESE INNOVATION THINGS.
I CAN SEE HOW PASSIONATE YOU
ARE.
YOU'RE BEATING EVERY.
YOU CAME FROM SUCH HUMBLE
BEGINNINGS, GREW UP ON THE SOUTH
SIDE OF CHICAGO, DROPPED OUT OF
COLLEGE.
NOW YOU HAVE COLLECTIONS OF
CARS, JETS, PRIVATE HOMES,
OWNING THE ISLAND OF LENAI.
TELL ME HOW YOU DID IT.
>> I THINK MY FAVORITE LINE IS I
HAD ALL THE DISADVANTAGES
NECESSARY FOR SUCCESS.
WHEN YOU'RE RAISED ON THE SOUTH
SIDE OF CHICAGO, YOU PROBABLY
WANT TO MOVE SOME PLACE NICER.
AND I THINK IF IT DOESN'T KILL
YOU, IT MAKES YOU STRONGER.
SO I'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY
AMBITIOUS.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY CURIOUS.
I MOVED TO SILICON VALLEY RIGHT
AFTER I DROPPED OUT OF COLLEGE,
GOT A JOB AS A COMPUTER
PROGRAMMER.
I LEARNED HOW TO PROGRAM WHEN I
WAS IN COLLEGE AND I GOT A JOB
AS A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER AND
BUMMED AROUND YOSEMITE VALLEY
TEACHING ROCK CLIMBING AND
LEADING RIVER TRIPS DURING MY
EARLY 20s.
BUT THE WAY I SUPPORTED MYSELF
WAS AS A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER AND
I GOT INVOLVED WITH MORE AND
MORE INTERESTING AND COMPLICATED
COMPUTER PROJECTS AND DECIDED TO
START MY OWN COMPANY.
>> AND THEN?
IT GREW AND GREW AND GREW.
YOU'RE COMPETITIVE.
>> MY ORIGINAL GOAL WHEN WE
STARTED ORACLE WAS TO BUILD A
COMPANY OF 50 PEOPLE, PEOPLE I
ENJOYED GOING TO WORK WITH EVERY
DAY AND PEOPLE THAT I RESPECTED
AND ENJOYED WORKING WITH EVERY
DAY.
IT GOT TO BE A LITTLE BILLER BIG
IT GOT TO BE A LITTLE BILLER BIE
IT GOT TO BE A LITTLE BILLER BIR
THAN THAT.
WE HAVE 150,000 PEOPLE INSIDE
THE COMPANY NOW.
>> YOU'VE GOT 440,000 CUSTOMERS,
145 COUNTRIES.
WHERE DO YOU GO FROM HERE?
>> WELL, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
BEAT AMAZON IN CLOUD DATABASE.
>>
[ LAUGHTER ]
FUNNY TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT.
THAT'S IT.
>> THAT'S THE GOAL, VERY SIMPLE.
JUST LIKE PLAYING BASKETBALL.
IF YOU'RE PLAYING BASKETBALL,
YOU WANT TO BEAT THE WARRIORS.
YOU WANT TO WIN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
SO OUR JOB -- WE HAVE THE BEST
DATABASE IN THE WORLD.
WE'VE GOT TO DELIVER IT IN THE
CONTEXT OF A CLOUD THAT'S AS
EASY TO USE AS AMAZON, BUT
SECURE.
AND THAT'S THE KEY THING.
AMAZON HAS GREAT EASE OF USE.
WE HAVE SECURITY AND ALL THE
CAPABILITIES TO BE AN AUTONOMOUS
DATABASE AND WE'LL BE GREAT.
>> ORACLE IS ORACLE, WHAT WITH A
PLEASURE, NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> WE JUST WATCHED THE TRAILER
OF THE IRON MAN 2 MOVIE
FEATURING THE ORACLE OF ORACLE,
LARRY ELLISON.
IT'S NOT VERY OFTEN THAT YOU SEE
A DATABASE COMPANY ON THE BIG
SCREEN.
TONY STARK, DID YOU INFLUENCE
THAT CHARACTER?
>> I'VE HEARD THAT.
I KNOW STAN LEE VERY WELL.
I LOVE STAN LEE.
STAN LEE IS A GENIUS.
I MEAN, THE FATHER OF MARVEL AND
ALL THESE WONDERFUL CHARACTERS.
I DIDN'T KNOW STANLEY AS A KID
GROWING UP, SO I GUESS TONY
STARK WAS INVENTED BEFORE
STANLEY KNEW ME, SO I GUESS NOT.
>> YOU HAVE A FONDNESS AND YOU
LOVE MOVIES AND I KNOW THAT
YOU'VE BEEN TAKING A BIGGER ROLE
AT YOUR DAUGHTER'S PRODUCTION
COMPANY.
TELL US ABOUT THAT.
ASSESS THAT INDUSTRY FOR US.
HERE YOU HAVE RUPERT MURDOCH
SELLING HIS ENTERTAINMENT ASSETS
AT A PREMIUM.
WE ARE BACK AT CONTENT IS KING
AGAIN.
>> CONTENT IS KING.
MY DAUGHTER'S MADE SOME
BRILLIANT MOVIES.
I WAS PROUD OF HER, WHEN IT WAS
ZERO DARK THIRTY WHERE SHE HAD
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS
CALLING HER TO CONGRESS TO
INVESTIGATE THAT MOVIE ABOUT HOW
WE REALLY FOUND OSAMA BIN LADEN.
WHEN DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS
ARE AGAINST YOU AND THEY WANT TO
INVESTIGATE YOU, YOU MUST BE
DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.
SHE DIDN'T GET BEST PICTURE.
SHE HAD WON BEST PICTURE IN
VENICE AND WON BEST PICTURE IN
CANS
CANNES BUT DIDN'T GET BEST
PICTURE IN THE ACADEMY AWARDS.
THE SENATE FELT THEN IT WASN'T
NECESSARY FOR HER TO TESTIFY
ANYMORE.
>> YOU SEEM VERY PROUD.
>> I AM.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT A COMPANY
LIKE NETFLIX, FOR EXAMPLE,
DISNEY'S COMING OUT WITH THEIR
STREAMING SERVICE, APPLE IS
COMING OUT WITH ITS STREAMING
SERVICE, THERE'S A LOT OF BUZZ
AROUND NETFLIX RIGHT NOW.
DISNEY AND APPLE WILL COME OUT
WITH STREAMING SERVICES AT A
CHEAPER COST.
HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS THE
INDUSTRY?
>> NETFLIX HAS DONE -- IT DID AN
AMAZING JOB.
THEY PIONEERED THE INDUSTRY.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF
COMPETITORS.
GOOGLE IS DOING PHENOMENAL
THINGS IN TERMS OF TECHNOLOGY
FOR STREAMING AND GAME
STREAMING.
I THINK YOU'LL SEE A BUNCH OF
PEOPLE IN THAT INDUSTRY, BUT IN
THE END GREAT CHARACTERS AND
GREAT CONTENT WIN.
SO DISNEY PRE-JOHN LASSITER,
WASN'T AS GOOD AS DISNEY
POST-JOHN LASSITER.
WHEN DISNEY BOUGHT PIXAR AND
THEY HAD BETTER STORY-TELLERS AT
DISNEY, THEY MADE BETTER MOVIES.
SO IT GETS DOWN TO INDIVIDUAL
ARTISTS AND INDIVIDUAL STORY
TELLERS AND AS BIG AND POWERFUL
AND WONDERFULLY RUN AS DISNEY
IS, THEY'RE ONE OF THE TWO,
THREE TOP BRANDS ON THE PLANET
EARTH, IT'S STILL GOING TO BE
INDIVIDUALS LIKE JOHN LASSITER