Larry Ellison Is a 'Shadow President' in Donald Trump's America

Larry Ellison Is a'Shadow President' in Donald Trump's America The Ellison family is cornering the market on attention and data the same way the Vanderbilts did railroads and the Rockefellers did oil. Save this storyIn Trumpworld, Larry Ellison gets more credit than anyone else for operating in the shadows. Over a drink earlier in Donald Trump's second term, one of the president's advisers described the Oracle cofounder, chairman, and chief technology officer to me as a literal "shadow president of the United States," if not necessarily the shadow president. In the months since, Ellison, who's been trading the title of "richest man alive" with Elon Musk lately, has begun to live up to the moniker. Musk is almost starting over from scratch, working his way back into Trump's good graces by seeming to pretend that whole ugly breakup and half-baked ploy to form a third party never happened. Rupert Murdoch is 94 years old and ceding more control of his media empire to his son Lachlan.