Oracle owns the Oracle Database and was founded by Larry Ellison in 1977.
Larry Ellison, Bob Miner, and Ed Oates founded the company in 1977 as Software Development Laboratories. Its early work focused on commercial database software, and the company later adopted the name Oracle Corporation. Oracle Database became a major enterprise system for storing, organizing, and retrieving business data.
Oracle expanded into applications, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise services. It acquired Sun Microsystems in 2010, bringing the Java programming language and other technologies into its portfolio. Oracle is distinct from IBM, which also has a long history in enterprise computing but did not found Oracle. Market-cap rankings can change frequently, yet Oracle’s enduring database business and shift toward cloud services have kept it among the most significant publicly traded technology companies.