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Larry Ellison's money: the villa in Woodside

ndouglas · 02/01/06 05:40PM

Larry Ellison's Japanese-style estate in Woodside has been for sale since May 2005, when he listed it for $25 million. The estate was modeled after a Imperial Age Japanese village, so authentically that Ellison had to battle to get real toilets instead of the more accurate holes in the ground. But the villa is being shopped — maybe he actually listened to his accountant. Now Ellison stays in his home on San Francisco's Broadway, where he can spend his money in front of a bigger audience.

Meet the new yacht: Larry Ellison's Rising Sun

ndouglas · 02/01/06 04:30PM

Thought the yacht that gave ulcers to Larry Ellison's accountant was extravagant? Feast your eyes on the Rising Sun. At 454 feet, it's the longest privately owned boat in the world. Master yacht designer Jon Bannenberg built it for Ellison. The design started at 300 feet and growing as Larry heard about other billionaire boats. By now, his accountant is discovering new and exciting kinds of heart attacks.

How much did Larry and Sergey lose?

ndouglas · 02/01/06 04:12PM

Don't give us the decline in Google's market cap; we want to know how much Larry Page and Sergey Brin lost overnight. Each dropped about $1.2 billion; you can work out the exact current figure by plugging the day's movement in GOOG into our handy Excel spreadsheet. The recovery in GOOG stock in official trading today in the aftermarket, GOOG shares had fallen as low as $350 puts Larry back up at $13.1 billion and Sergey at $12.9 billion. Whew! For a moment there we thought they'd have to cut back on the spending. You know, like carpool on another billionaire's jet.
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Larry Ellison made his accountant cry

ndouglas · 01/31/06 12:26PM

Larry Ellison's accountant got emotional in his letters to the high-spending Oracle CEO. The San Francisco Chronicle got copies of accountant Philip Simon's e-mails begging Ellison to cut his billion-dollar credit line.

The fast and the obnoxious

ndouglas · 01/30/06 05:32PM

Every mogul is allowed a little fun — Sergey and Larry can refit a 767, as long as they promise to fly it to Africa on a charitable mission. But one startup is renting sports cars for its executives to celebrate a $5.3 million funding round.