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World Service,10 Sep 2025,26 mins

Larry Ellison is the world’s richest person for brief period

World Business Report

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US tech billionaire Larry Ellison briefly becomes the world’s richest person after shares in his business Oracle, which he co-founded, soars in early trading on the New York Stock Exchange. We examine how he has overtaken Elon Musk with his fortune being valued at $393bn. We are in Mexico City to hear about protests about the increasing numbers of outsiders coming in and pushing up things like house prices , and the impact this having on local residents. Presenter Roger Hearing examines these stories as well as hearing about some of the challenges facing Gen Z, those born in the late 1990’s and early 2000s as they head into the world of work.

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