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Also known as Big Red, Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, CA), ORCL, oracle.com, Oracle

Oracle Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Co-founded in Santa Clara, California in 1977 by Bob Miner, Ed Oates, and current chairman of the board and chief technology officer Larry Ellison, Oracle is among the 20 largest companies in the world by market cap, and ranked 66th on the Forbes Global 2000 as of 2025.

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Oracle Corporation is a public business company founded by Larry Ellison and Bob Miner. It was formed in Santa Clara and operates in the United States. The company is active in the information technology consulting and software development industries. Its products include software, relational database management systems, and database management systems. Oracle is a member of the Linux Foundation, the World Wide Web Consortium, and the Business Software Alliance.

The company has headquarters in Redwood Shores and Austin. It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. Oracle is part of the S&P 500 and S&P 100. It owns Sun Microsystems, JD Edwards, MySQL AB, Hyperion Solutions Corporation, and PeopleSoft. Larry Ellison serves as the chairperson, and Safra Catz is a director. The Vanguard Group and Capital Group Companies are also owners. The company has 162,000 employees.

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Company

Jurisdiction
US-DE
Headquarters
Austin, US

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Type
Company, Funder
Founded
1977
Location
Austin, United States
Status
Active

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
business
Part of
S&P 100
Headquarters
Austin
Subsidiary
JD Edwards
Chairperson
Larry Ellison
Employees
162000
Revenue
57399000000
Stock exchange
Nasdaq
Official website
www.oracle.com
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Oracle Corporation
topic's main category
Category:Oracle Corporation
inception
1977-06-16
location of formation
Santa Clara
IPv4 routing prefix
144.21.0.0/16
MAC Address Block Large ID
000782
different from
Oracle Database
product or material produced
database management system
ACM Classification Code (2012)
10011226
total assets
131107000000
market capitalization
216730000000
director / manager
Safra Catz
replaces
JD Edwards
social media followers
154000
total equity
5238000000
board member
Vishal Sikka
IPA transcription
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net profit
12443000000
operating income
17678000000
short name
ORCL
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Oracle Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Co-founded in Santa Clara, California, in 1977 by Bob Miner, Ed Oates, and current chairman of the board and chief technology officer Larry Ellison, Oracle is among the 20 largest companies in the world by market cap, and ranked 66th on the Forbes Global 2000 as of 2025.

The company sells database software (particularly the Oracle Database), enterprise applications, and cloud infrastructure and hardware. Oracle's core application software is a suite of enterprise software products, including enterprise resource planning (ERP), human capital management (HCM), customer experience (CX) and supply chain management (SCM) software.

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