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Revealed: Tech titans of the past 25 years

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Andrew Donoghue ZDNet.co.uk

Published: 13 Nov 2007 14:08 GMT

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Larry Ellison, chief executive and member of the board of directors of Oracle, was nominated by 36 percent of respondents.

Oracle has been on a buying spree of late and most recently snapped up business intelligence company Hyperion for $3.3bn (£1.7bn). The company also tried to buy BEA systems in October, but eventually withdrew its bid after resistance from the middleware maker's shareholders.

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