Oracle's Ellison grabs top spot on best-paid list

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In this Jan. 28 2007 file photo Oracle CEO Larry Ellison watches the Stanford and UCLA basketball game in Stanford Calif. Oracle Corp. founder Larry Ellison long a fixture on the annual lists of the worlds richest people has quickly ensconced himself ...
In this Jan. 28, 2007 file photo, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison watches the Stanford and UCLA basketball game in Stanford, Calif. Oracle Corp. founder Larry Ellison, long a fixture on the annual lists of the world's richest people, has quickly ensconced himself atop The Associated Press' rankings of the best-paid CEOs. Ellison's latest pay package, valued at $84.6 million, is the highest disclosed so far this year among more than 400 major U.S. companies analyzed by the AP. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)

(AP) -- Oracle Corp. founder Larry Ellison, a longtime fixture on the list of the world's richest people, is now ensconced atop The Associated Press' rankings of the top-paid chief executives in the United States.


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