Ed Oates
{{short description|American businessman (born 1946)}}
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| birth_name = Edward Oates
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| known_for = Co-founder of Oracle Corporation
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Edward A. Oates (born 1946) is an American businessman. He co-founded Software Development Labs in August 1977 with Larry Ellison and Bob Miner. Software Development Labs later became Oracle Corporation.{{cite journal |date=May 2007 |title=Oracle Timeline |journal=Profit Magazine |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=26–29 |publisher=Oracle |accessdate=2013-05-16 |url=http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/profit/p27anniv-timeline-151918.pdf}}
Education and early employment
Ed Oates graduated with a BA in mathematics from San Jose State University in 1968,{{cite news | url=http://www.sjsu.edu/about_sjsu/history/alumni/ | title=Distinguished Alumni | work=San Jose State University | accessdate=2010-08-14}} and worked at Singer, the US Army Personnel Information Systems Command (PERSINSCOM) (drafted), Ampex, and Memorex before co-founding Oracle.{{cite web|title=Edward Oates|url=http://www.orafaq.com/wiki/Edward_Oates|publisher=Oracle FAQ's|accessdate=16 July 2015}}
Audible Difference
After retiring from Oracle in 1996 Oates purchased a high-end home theater store, Audible Difference. Oates' clients included his ex-partner Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. In 1999 he sold Audible Difference.{{cite web|last1=Bort|first1=Julie|title=WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Look What Happened To The Co-founders Of Oracle|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/whatever-happened-to-oracles-founders-in-this-iconic-photo-2012-8?op=1|publisher=Business Insider|accessdate=16 July 2015|date=18 September 2014}}
Other affiliations
Oates volunteers time on the board of directors of the San Francisco Zoological Society and the Tower Foundation Board of San Jose State University.{{cite news| url=http://www.oracle.com/innovation/innovator-edward-oates.html | title=Conversations with Early Innovators |work=Oracle |accessdate=2010-08-14}}
Personal life
In his spare time, Oates skis, builds H0 scale model railroads, and does video work for the Woodside Priory School Theater. He also plays guitar in the band Choc'd,{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2008-01-01-rock-star-fantasies_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip | title=Rock this way! You, too, can be a music star at fantasy camp |work=USA Today |accessdate=2010-08-14 | date=2008-01-01}} and participated at [https://web.archive.org/web/20110715194810/http://www.rockcamp.com/la.htm Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp].{{cite journal |date=November 2009 |title=Embracing Your Inner Rock Star |journal=Profit Magazine |volume=14 |issue=4 |department=Forward Thinking |publisher=Oracle |accessdate=2013-05-16 |url=http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/profit/features/092209-ft-143651.html#star}}
References
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