Oracle founder Larry Ellison circa 1994—How the world's 5th richest man was late to the Internet

By Anthony B. Perkins
From the June 1994 issue of Red Herring

Larry Ellison enjoys the celebrityhood his billion-dollar leap to the top of the information management software industry has earned him. You can see it in his eyes.The Herring waited patiently by Mr. Ellison's side as he graciously exchanged cordialities with a crowd of Oracle customers, emp…