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Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, 81, experienced one of the most dramatic single-day losses in personal wealth this year after the software group’s shares slumped sharply, wiping approximately $25 billion off his net worth and knocking him down the global rich list.
According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the sudden drop in Oracle’s share price after weaker-than-expected earnings results drove Ellison’s estimated fortune down to around $258 billion.
That decline saw him fall from second place to third place among the world’s richest individuals in a single trading session, marking one of the most substantial one-day wealth contractions recorded in 2025.
The slide in Oracle’s stock came after the firm reported quarterly figures that failed to meet analysts’ revenue expectations and highlighted investor concerns about the company’s heavy spending on expanding its cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure.
Shares fell more than 11 percent in after-hours trading, exacerbating the wealth loss for Ellison, who holds a substantial stake in the business.
Ellison’s fortunes have swung widely over the past year. In September 2025, surging Oracle stock briefly propelled him to the top of the global rich list, surpassing other tech billionaires after an extraordinary $101 billion gain in a single day.
Despite the recent setback, Ellison remains one of the wealthiest people on the planet, maintaining a net worth that still outstrips most of his peers, including major figures from the technology and e-commerce sectors.
However, the sharp downturn in Oracle’s share price underscores how closely billionaire wealth is tied to stock market performance and investor sentiment.
Oracle, co-founded by Ellison in 1977, is a global leader in database management systems and enterprise software, with a growing focus on cloud computing and artificial intelligence services.
The company’s shares are widely held and closely tracked, making fluctuations in its stock a significant factor in Ellison’s ranking among global rich lists.
Financial markets analysts have noted that earnings misses at major technology firms can trigger rapid reevaluations of asset prices, affecting not just corporate valuations but also the real-time wealth estimations of billionaire investors whose fortunes are largely equity-based.
Ellison’s recent loss is one of the most notable examples in 2025 of how market volatility can reshape the standings of the world’s richest individuals.
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