Larry Ellison became the world’s richest man in 2025, thanks to Oracle’s AI surge and OpenAI infrastructure partnership.

Billionaire Larry Ellison plans to build a small, ultra-luxury hotel on Lanai and expand the island’s 1.5-megawatt La Ola solar farm. © 2025 American City Business ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Hawaii tech mogul has become richest person in the world. At the close of the stock market Wednesday, Larry Ellison’s net worth had reportedly reached about $393 billion.

The Ellison family is cornering the market on attention and data the same way the Vanderbilts did railroads and the Rockefellers did oil.

Elon Musk is halfway to becoming the first trillionaire. The news comes as shares of Tesla, which is Musk’s electric vehicle ...