Claim · 1977-06 · event · Stated in source · Supported

Oracle’s 2026 proxy statement says that Lawrence J. Ellison founded Oracle in June 1977.

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What it connects

Lawrence J. Ellison → co-founded → Oracle

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Claim and evidence

Lawrence J. Ellisonco-founded ↓Oracle

Machine-checked, not reviewed by an editorStated in sourceSupported

Supporting evidence: primary · 1 source

Date: 1977-06 · event Records dated 1977 →
Role: Founder (as worded)

Scope and limitsThe proxy says “founded”; no founding roster or incorporation record is asserted.

The evidence 01

primary sourceSupports the claim

Oracle Corporation 2026 Proxy Statement (Schedule 14A, definitive)

Oracle Corporation (filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission) · 2026-09-25

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Source excerpt

“Mr. Ellison has been our Executive Chair of the Board and CTO since September 2014. Mr. Ellison served as our CEO from June 1977, when he founded Oracle, until September 2014. He previously served as our Chairman of the Board from May 1995 to January 2004.”

Location in source Director nominee profile, “LAWRENCE J. ELLISON”

How it was read Retrieved directly from the publisher

Machine-checked · 2026-10-30

Source details and check notes

Authors: Oracle Corporation (filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission)
Version: Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-29 (SHA-256 0583ca018a49d6111edbb6367becd525ca6e64da2cbc639d02163075b9d9af51). Definitive proxy statement as filed on EDGAR, accession 0001193125-26-402816.
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Accessed: 2026-10-29
Language: English (en)
Attribution: Oracle Corporation (filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission), “Oracle Corporation 2026 Proxy Statement (Schedule 14A, definitive)”, 2026-09-25.
Reuse: No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution.
Check notes: The quotation (46 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-29. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes, PDF line-break hyphens and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. A cross-family machine check (2026-10-30, item 20) answered the record’s question blind from fresh retrievals and agreed with the record. No human editorial review.

Status and meaning

Editorial status. Not reviewed by an editor. An exploratory record that no editor has accepted. This status does not say whether a person has read any linked passage. Each evidence record above shows how it was checked.

Relation. Participation in founding an organisation or research team. Neither sole founding nor legal incorporation is implied.

Date. Month from the proxy (“from June 1977, when he founded Oracle”).

Record ID pp-ex-ellison-oracle-founded-1977