It would have been interesting last week to have been privy to the private chat between Larry Ellison and his fellow technology tycoon, the man Ellison describes as “my dear friend”, Elon Musk.
Last Wednesday, Ellison, the 81-year-old founder of the technology giant Oracle, overtook Musk as the richest man in the world – a title Musk has held for almost a year – when shares in Oracle rose by 40 percent, valuing Ellison’s fortune at $393bn, just ahead of Musk’s $384bn. But what’s $9bn between friends?
