Before there was Google, before there was Yahoo, way before there was Twitter, there was Oracle. Founded in 1977, Oracle is one of the most successful and iconic companies in Silicon Valley.
Until a few months ago, its flamboyant founder, Larry Ellison, had been CEO the whole time. He stepped down to chief technology officer while taking over the executive chairman role.
Ellison is known for a love of water, sailing, airplanes, and expensive real estate and all of this is reflected in his company's headquarters campus.
Since 1989, Oracle's headquarters has dominated the town of Redwood City, California, about 25 miles south of San Francisco.The campus hosts 1.5 million square feet of office space and is surrounded by water.
Our tour guides are Oracle VP of marketing Judy Sim, who started as an intern decades ago, and PR pro Glen Bunting. This isn’t a very good picture of Sim …
Here's a better shot of Judy Sim.
This is an executive briefing room on the top executive floor used by CEOs Mark Hurd and Safra Catz. Their offices, and Ellison's, are nearby. They have a view of the mountains and ...
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