Editing Larry Ellison (section)

===Homes===
Ellison styled his estimated $110&nbsp;million [[Woodside, California]], estate after [[feudal Japan]]ese [[Japanese architecture|architecture]], complete with a man-made {{convert|2.3|acre|ha|adj=on}} lake and an extensive [[seismic retrofit]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.house-arch.com/japanese-imperial-palace-of-oracle-ceo%E2%80%99s.html |title=Japanese Palace Style of Oracle CEO House |website=House & Architecture Design |date=October 16, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111029231947/http://www.house-arch.com/japanese-imperial-palace-of-oracle-ceo%E2%80%99s.html |archive-date= October 29, 2011}}</ref> In 2004 and 2005 he purchased more than twelve properties in [[Malibu, California]], worth more than $180&nbsp;million. The $65&nbsp;million Ellison spent on five contiguous lots at Malibu's Carbon Beach made this the most costly residential transaction in United States history until banker [[Ronald Perelman]] sold his [[Palm Beach, Florida]], compound for $70&nbsp;million later that same year.<ref>{{cite news |last=Geist |first=Isabella |url=https://www.forbes.com/2004/11/05/cx_cd_1105movers.html |title=Ron's $70 Million Sale |newspaper=Forbes |date=November 5, 2004 |access-date= September 2, 2017 |archive-date= January 20, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180120182307/https://www.forbes.com/2004/11/05/cx_cd_1105movers.html |url-status= live}}</ref> The entertainment system at his [[Pacific Heights, San Francisco|Pacific Heights]] home cost $1&nbsp;million, and includes a rock concert-sized video projector at one end of a drained swimming pool, using the gaping hole as a giant subwoofer.<ref>{{cite journal |first=Jack |last=Boulware |url=https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.11/power_houses_pr.html |title=Power Houses |journal=[[Wired (website)|Wired]] |issue=October 2011 |access-date= June 4, 2013 |date=November 2002 |archive-date= June 28, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130628230824/http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.11/power_houses_pr.html |url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Wilson |first=Lizette |date=Jul 20, 2003 |title=Automatic House |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2003/07/21/focus1.html?page=3 |access-date=2021-08-03 |work=San Francisco Business Times |archive-date=August 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802131911/https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2003/07/21/focus1.html?page=3 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In early 2010, Ellison purchased the [[Astors' Beechwood Mansion]]&nbsp;– formerly the summer home of the [[Astor family]]&nbsp;– in [[Newport, Rhode Island]], for $10.5&nbsp;million.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/larry-ellison-real-estate-2015-4 |title=Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison has an incredible real estate portfolio – take a look at his properties in Silicon Valley, Japan, Hawaii, and more |last=Leskin |first=Paige |website=Business Insider|access-date=2020-02-13|archive-date=February 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229234435/https://www.businessinsider.com/larry-ellison-real-estate-2015-4|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2011 he purchased the 249-acre Porcupine Creek Estate and private golf course in [[Rancho Mirage, California]], for $42.9&nbsp;million.<ref name=":0" /> The property was formerly the home of [[Yellowstone Club]] founders Edra and [[Tim Blixseth]], and was sold to Ellison by creditors following their divorce and bankruptcy.<ref>{{cite web |first=Candy |last=Evans |access-date= April 9, 2011 |url=http://www.luxist.com/2011/02/09/larry-ellison-buys-porcupine-creek |title=Larry Ellison Buys Porcupine Creek |website=Luxist |date=February 9, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110412063251/http://www.luxist.com/2011/02/09/larry-ellison-buys-porcupine-creek/ |archive-date= April 12, 2011 |url-status= dead}}</ref>

In December 2020, he left California and moved to Lānaʻi, of which he owns 98%.<ref>{{cite web |last=Schleifer |first=Theodore |date=2020-12-14 |title=Tech billionaire Larry Ellison has moved to Hawaii |url=https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/12/14/22174741/oracle-larry-ellison-moving-hawaii-tech-billionaire-lanai |access-date=2021-02-09 |website=Vox |language=en |archive-date=February 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216012030/https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/12/14/22174741/oracle-larry-ellison-moving-hawaii-tech-billionaire-lanai |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2022, Ellison bought a 22-acre property in [[Manalapan, Florida]] for $173 million. He purchased it from [[James H. Clark|Jim Clark]], who in turn had acquired it from the [[Ziff brothers|Ziff family]]. It is the most expensive residential property purchase in Florida history.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2022/06/23/larry-ellison-oracle-billionaire-florida-home/7717443001/ |title=Larry Ellison: Oracle billionaire's $173M estate sets Florida record |work=USA Today |date= |accessdate=2022-08-15 |archive-date=August 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815005338/https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2022/06/23/larry-ellison-oracle-billionaire-florida-home/7717443001/ |url-status=live }}</ref>