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While some tech moguls make careful plans for the eventual transformation of life and thought as we know it, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is applying "mathematical and experimental analysis" to that grandest of human achievements: a really fast boat.

German site Finanzen.net fawningly describes the BMW Oracle team's plans to win the next America's Cup yacht race. We think and hope this is a press release, because otherwise, some reporter has been convinced that Larry Ellison's job title is "boat racer."

BMW, NetApp, and Oracle Set Sail With BMW ORACLE Racing [Finanzen.net]
Earlier: Three Valley moguls dabble in humanity's future [Valleywag]