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Oracle founder Larry Ellison announced Tuesday that he plans to move nan package giant’s firm office to Nashville, Tennessee, which he added is astatine nan halfway of nan healthcare industry.
Ellison sat down pinch erstwhile Senate mostly leader Bill Frist for an onstage conversation successful Nashville, which was shared by Oracle Health connected nan societal media level LinkedIn connected Tuesday.
The laminitis and executive president told Frist his institution was moving its "huge campus" to Nashville, and it will "ultimately beryllium our world headquarters."
"I shouldn’t person said that," Ellison quickly said, but location was nary turning backmost because he disclosed accusation connected his company’s future.
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Oracle Chief Technology Officer Larry Ellison announced Tuesday that his institution was moving its office to Nashville, Tenn. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Ellison said Oracle’s move to Nashville will position his institution arsenic 1 of nan awesome players successful nan healthcare industry, an manufacture Oracle is looking to grow its position in.
Back successful 2022, Oracle acquired Cerner for $28 billion. The Kansas City, Missouri-based institution provides software for managing physics wellness records.
As Ellison elaborated connected nan company’s plans to move, he said Nashville is "a fabulous spot to live."
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Oracle is moving its office to Nashville, Tenn. (Michael Short/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
"It’s a awesome spot to raise a family. It’s sewage a unsocial and vibrant culture. And arsenic we surveyed our employees, ample numbers of employees, Nashville ticked each nan boxes," Ellison said.
He besides said Nashville is "the halfway of nan manufacture we’re astir concerned about, which is nan healthcare industry."
Norman Foster, who designed Apple Park successful Cupertino, California, is designing nan caller Oracle field successful Nashville, which will beryllium "right connected nan river."
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Oracle is ditching Texas for Nashville, Tenn. (iStock / iStock)
The CEO said nan caller field will not look thing for illustration a firm campus, but alternatively it will beryllium a parkland pinch buildings connected it.
Ellison said nan news tract will person agency buildings, a organization clinic, restaurants, hotels and a performance venue — a floating shape connected nan reservoir for concerts to beryllium held for nan community.
"We want to beryllium portion of nan community," he said. "Our group emotion it here. And we deliberation it’s nan halfway of our future."
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Oracle did not instantly respond to inquiries from Fox News Digital connected nan announcement.
Oracle's office is presently located successful Austin, Texas. It moved location successful 2020, aft leaving Redwood Shores, California.
