## How an 81-Year-Old Database Pioneer Became AI's Unlikely Savior and the World's Richest Person
When Larry Ellison woke up on September 10, 2025, he wasn't just another day older—his net worth had officially catapulted him past Elon Musk to become the world's richest person. At 81 years old, Ellison achieved a $393 billion fortune, surpassing Musk's $385 billion in a single day. The trigger? Oracle announced it had secured massive AI infrastructure contracts worth several hundreds of billions of dollars, including a $300 billion, five-year deal with OpenAI. Oracle's stock response was explos