Hasn't he also married a string of Stanford coeds? On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 02:38:17PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > . . . "take Oracle's founder, Lawrence J. Ellison. Mr. > > Ellison's net worth last year was around $16 billion. > > * * * Mr. Ellison would need to spend more than > > $30 million a week simply to keep from accumulating > > more money than he already has, to say nothing of > > trying to spend down the $16 billion itself. He spent > > something like $100 million on his Japanese-style > > mansion . . . * * * Mr. Ellison would have to spend > > that $30 million a week - $183,000 an hour - on things > > that can't be resold, like parties or meals, just to aovid > > increasing his wealth. * * * > > > He has been reported to have already spent more than $100-million to win > some sailboat races in his Quest for the "America's Cup" and to spend more > than that sum in is (so far unsuccessful) such Quest. > > http://valenciasailing.blogspot.com/2007/01/larry-ellison-wants-americas-cup-every.html > > http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/sailing/10/02/lvcup.men.biz/index.html
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