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Larry Ellison Recommended Books
Larry Ellison has recommended 15 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Larry Ellison is a co-founder and the executive chairman and CTO of Oracle Corporation.
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The Mythical Man-Month
Essays on Software Engineering
by Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
"Larry [Ellison] had given this book to every software executive whom he met within the company." - Marc Benioff (Source)
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Jeff Bezos recommended this bookJeff Bezos
Part of "Jeff's Reading List."
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Marc Benioff recommended this bookMarc Benioff
"Had a huge impact on me." - Marc Benioff
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Alan Kay recommended this bookAlan Kay
"An early look and experience with timeless truths (and gotchas) from systems building with teams" - Alan Kay
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Jeff Atwood recommended this bookJeff Atwood
"Arguably the only classic book in our field. If you haven't read it, shame on you." - Jeff Atwood
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Lone Survivor
by Patrick Robinson
"[Larry Ellison picked up] his Kindle so he could finish reading [this book]. Larry had noted a page: 'The real battle is won in the mind.'" - Julian Guthrie (Source)
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1 person
Marc Andreessen recommended this bookMarc Andreessen
"The film was fine but the book is unreal; incredibly vivid story of superlative American heroes." - Marc Andreessen
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High Output Management
by Andrew S. Grove
"[Larry Ellison] considers [this book] his bible when it comes to management concepts." - Subbu Viswanathan (Source)
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13 people
Mark Zuckerberg recommended this bookMark Zuckerberg
"Played a big role in shaping my management style." - Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg's recommendation of this book - Marc Andreessen recommended this book
Marc Andreessen
"The best book on management ever written." - Marc Andreessen
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Tobi Lütke recommended this bookTobi Lütke
"Unapologetically almost a how to manual, but kind of deconstructs the world of business into first principles." - Tobi Lütke
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Ben Horowitz recommended this bookBen Horowitz
"Andy Grove, who built himself from nothing to run Intel, stopped what he was doing to teach us his magic. And not through some ghostwriter either — Andy wrote this book himself. What an incredible gift." - Ben Horowitz
Ben Horowitz's recommendation of this book 
Keith Rabois recommended this bookKeith Rabois
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
Keith Rabois's recommendation of this book 
Drew Houston recommended this bookDrew Houston
"The best book on management ever written." - Drew Houston
Drew Houston's recommendation of this book +7
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- Brian Chesky
"Chesky, CEO of AirBnB, treats 'High Output Management' as his primary reference book on management." - Business Insider
- Brian Armstrong
"Surprisingly, I found I was already using many of the management ideas in this book (1:1, OKRs, etc) which is a testament to just how influential this book is." - Brian Armstrong
- Ron Conway
"User-friendly guide to the art and science of management." - Ron Conway
- Sahil Lavingia
Sahil Lavingia recommended this book on Notion.
- Balaji Srinivasan
Balaji Srinivasan recommended this book in "The Almanack of Balaji Srinivasan."
- Justin Kan
Justin Kan recommended this book on Twitter.
- John Doerr
John Doerr recommended this book at the end of "Measure What Matters."
- Brian Chesky
The Last Lion (3 books)
"On [Larry Ellison's] nightstand." - Julian Guthrie (Source)
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The Robber Barons
The Classic Account of the Influential Capitalists Who Transformed America's Future
by Matthew Josephson
"When I asked [Larry Ellison] what was his favorite book, he told me [this book] — worth a read even today!" - Kathryn Gould (Source)
A Peace to End All Peace
The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
by David Fromkin
"During a lively discussion over dinner one night, [Tony Blair] listened in wonder and remarked, 'Larry, you read too much history.' [Larry Ellison] had just finished quoting a section from [this book].” - Julian Guthrie (Source)
Fate Is the Hunter
A Pilot's Memoir
by Ernest K. Gann
"[One of the] books on [Larry Ellison's] nightstand." - Julian Guthrie (Source)
The Jordan Rules
The Inside Story of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls
by Sam Smith
"[One of the] books on [Larry Ellison's] nightstand." - Julian Guthrie (Source)
Napoleon
by Vincent Cronin
"It's interesting to read about him for a couple of reasons: to see what one man of modest birth can do with his life, and to see how history can distort the truth entirely." - Larry Ellison (Source)
The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand
"As a kid, I wanted to be an architect. That's before I read [this book]. I mean it is hard to find a profession that pays worse than architecture." - Larry Ellison (Source)
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13 people
Mark Cuban recommended this bookMark Cuban
"I'll pick it up when I need motivation." - Mark Cuban
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Tim Urban recommended this bookTim Urban
"I absolutely loved the book. Sure, the characters are extreme and one-dimensional - but to me, that was the point." - Tim Urban
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Emma Watson recommended this bookEmma Watson
"I know, it's a cult. I'm not going to take it too far, but I did enjoy it." - Emma Watson
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Kevin Kelly recommended this bookKevin Kelly
"By the end of the book, I decided to drop out of school. I never returned. It was the best decision of my life." - Kevin Kelly
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Travis Kalanick recommended this bookTravis Kalanick
"It’s one of my favorite books." - Travis Kalanick
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Vince Vaughn recommended this bookVince Vaughn
"Defiant in its pursuit of one’s artistic goals, meaning you don’t compromise; you stay truthful to what you’re exploring." - Vince Vaughn
Vince Vaughn's recommendation of this book +7
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- Ev Williams
On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
- Jesse Williams
"The protagonist’s audacious self-confidence and refusal to compromise his artistic vision—which was to say, himself—was a fascinating thing to survey." - Jesse Williams
- Noah Kagan
"Healthy selfishness is a great thing." - Noah Kagan
- Fred Wilson
"I do love [this book]." - Fred Wilson
- Jim Carrey
"I would be Howard Roark and not Peter Keating in [this book]." - Jim Carrey
- Ray Dalio
"Regarding economics, if you haven’t read [this author] lately, I suggest that you do." - Ray Dalio
- Shah Rukh Khan
"[This book] is good a difficult long read though..." - Shah Rukh Khan
- Ev Williams
Catch-22
Catch 22, Book 1
by Joseph Heller
"I think [Bill Gates] must be some kind of reincarnation of Milo Minderbinder from [this book]." - Larry Ellison (Source)
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Shah Rukh Khan recommended this bookShah Rukh Khan
"I am re reading now." - Shah Rukh Khan
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Mark Bittman recommended this bookMark Bittman
"I used to buy [this book] for a lot of people because I just thought if you hadn’t read it, you had to but maybe that era is over." - Mark Bittman
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Fred Wilson recommended this bookFred Wilson
"A good one!" - Fred Wilson
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West by West
My Charmed, Tormented Life
by Jerry West
"[Larry Ellison] had come to understand the 'charmed, tormented life' of athletes, that fitting subtitle of [this book]." - Julian Guthrie (Source)
The Age of Napoleon
The Story of Civilization, Book 11
by Will & Ariel Durant
"Larry’s favorite history book [...], which he had read several times." - Julian Guthrie (Source)
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1 person
Elon Musk recommended this bookElon Musk
"An amazing book." - Elon Musk
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