Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison has overtaken Tesla Chief Elon Musk as the world’s richest person after a surge in the company’s stock lifted his net worth to $393 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Ellison’s fortune climbed by $101 billion in a single day to $393 billion after Oracle’s quarterly earnings report delivered a bullish outlook for its cloud and artificial intelligence business. Musk’s wealth, meanwhile, slipped to $385 billion amid falling Tesla shares and growing investor concerns over the Trump administration’s rollback of electric vehicle incentives.
Oracle stock jumped 41% on Wednesday, its biggest one-day gain since 1992, after the company reported surging demand for Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven data centre infrastructure.
Chief executive Safra Catz revealed that Oracle signed four multibillion-dollar contracts last quarter and expects more in the months ahead. Analysts say Oracle’s $455 billion backlog highlights its emerging role as a backbone of the AI revolution.
The company has also inked major deals, including a July agreement to supply 4.5 gigawatts of electricity to OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, to power its AI operations.
Ellison, who has been building Oracle for nearly five decades, is a close ally of U.S. President Donald Trump. His rise marks the first time Musk has lost the top spot in nearly a year.
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